Colorectal cancer screening in a nationwide high-deductible health plan before and after the affordable care act

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 466-473

  Wharam, J Frank ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a   Le Cates, Robert ^a   Soumerai, Stephen ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Cancer screening; High deductible health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84959101287     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000521     Document Type: Article

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