ACA-mandated elimination of cost sharing for preventive screening has had limited early impact

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 511-517

  Mehta, Shivan J ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^a   Zhu, Jingsan ^b   Lewis, James D ^c   Kolstad, Jonathan T ^d   Loewenstein, George ^e   Volpp, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938232920     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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