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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Main Authors: Wendy Yi Xu, Thomas M. Wickizer, Jeah Kyoungrae Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4135-9