Effectiveness of Medicare cost-sharing elimination for Cancer screening on utilization

• Main Authors: Wendy Yi Xu (Author), Thomas M. Wickizer (Author), Jeah Kyoungrae Jung (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated the cost-sharing requirement for several preventive cancer screenings. This study examined the cancer screening utilization of mammogram, Pap smear and colonoscopy in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) under the ACA. Met...