Effectiveness of Medicare cost-sharing elimination for Cancer screening on utilization
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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4135-9 |