Colorectal Cancer Screening and State Health Insurance Mandates

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 178-191

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; health insurance mandates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955184803     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3132     Document Type: Article

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