ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2013
The "Welcome to Medicare" visit: a missed opportunity for cancer screening among women?
Article in Journal of women's health (2002), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Epidemiology of Geographic Disparities of Myocardial Infarction Among Older Adults in the United States: Analysis of 2000-2017 Medicare Data.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of Medicare Coverage of a "Welcome-to-Medicare" Visit on Use of Preventive Services among New Medicare Enrollees.Journal of aging research · 2017Article
- Uptake of the centers for medicare and medicaid obesity benefit: 2012-2013.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Article
- Changes in Receipt of Cancer Screening in Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Affordable Care Act.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2016Article
- Enhancing screening and early detection among women transitioning to Medicare from the NBCCEDP in Georgia.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2015Article
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations and cancer screening among female Medicare beneficiaries.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2014Article
- A Medicare-Associated Spike in U.S. Cancer Rates at Age 65, 2000-2010.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- Utilization of Screening Mammograms in the Medicare Population Before and After the Affordable Care Act Implementation.Journal of aging and healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOn January 1, 2005, Medicare began covering a "Welcome to Medicare" visit (WMV) for new enrollees with fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare (Parts A and B). The new benefit was expected to increase demand for mammography and Pap tests among women transitioning onto Medicare. This study examined whether Medicare's coverage of a WMV influenced the use of mammography and Pap tests among women aged 65 and 66 years with FFS Medicare.
methodsMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data from 2001 to 2007 were linked with Medicare claims. Utilization rates for preventive visits, mammography, and Pap tests were measured among women entering Medicare. Multivariate logistic regressions were estimated to quantify the effects of the new Medicare benefit on the use of these screening tests, controlling for patient characteristics.
resultsRegression-adjusted mammography and Pap test rates did not increase after WMV coverage was introduced. The 2005 reform had nonsignificant trivial effects on the use of both tests, most likely because few of the women who were eligible for a WMV took advantage of it.
conclusionsMedicare coverage of a WMV had no impact on mammography screenings or Pap tests among women who were eligible for the benefit.
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