Mammography use among medicare beneficiaries after elimination of cost sharing

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 394-399

  Sabatino, Susan A ^a   Thompson, Trevor D ^a   Guy, Gery P ^a   De Moor, Janet S ^b   Tangka, Florence K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost sharing; early detection of cancer; mammography; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SINGLE WOMAN; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST TUMOR; COST; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST SHARING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954348688     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000495     Document Type: Article

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