Affordable care act provision lowered out-of-pocket cost and increased colonoscopy rates among men in medicare

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2069-2076

  Hamman, Mary K ^a   Kapinos, Kandice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951149560     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0571     Document Type: Article

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