Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Era of the Affordable Care Act

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 315-320

  Richman, Ilana ^a,b   Asch, Steven M ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Jay ^b   Owens, Douglas K ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; health care reform; health insurance; preventive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CONCEPT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST SHARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

EID: 84941004987     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3504-2     Document Type: Article

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