ArticleMedical care2016
Mammography Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries After Elimination of Cost Sharing.
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- Coverage Parity And Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health And Substance Use Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2023Article
- Change in mammography screening attendance after removing the out-of-pocket fee: a population-based study in Sweden (2014-2018).Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- Reduced Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer among Women with Visual Impairment.Ophthalmology · 2021Article
- The effect of the Affordable Care Act on patient out-of-pocket cost and use of preventive cancer screenings in Massachusetts.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Cervical and colorectal cancer screening prevalence before and after Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion.Preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Prevalence of Out-Of-Pocket Payments for Mammography Screening Among Recently Screened Women.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of Medicare cost-sharing elimination for Cancer screening on utilization.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Breast Screening Utilization and Cost Sharing Among Employed Insured Women After the Affordable Care Act.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2019Article
- Time to Follow-up After Colorectal Cancer Screening by Health Insurance Type.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Colorectal cancer screening in the United States: Trends from 2008 to 2015 and variation by health insurance coverage.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Elimination of Cost Sharing for Screening Mammography in Medicare Advantage Plans.The New England journal of medicine · 2018Article
- Does a Free Office Visit Affect Primary Care-Seeking Behavior? A Study of New Exchange Health Plan Enrollees in Mississippi.American health & drug benefits · 2017Article
- The ACA and Cancer Screening and Diagnosis.Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe examined mammography use before and after Medicare eliminated cost sharing for screening mammography in January 2011.
methodsUsing National Health Interview Survey data, we examined changes in mammography use between 2010 and 2013 among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65-74 years. Logistic regression and predictive margins were used to examine changes in use after adjusting for covariates.
resultsIn 2013, 74.7% of women reported a mammogram within 2 years, a 3.5 percentage point increase (95% confidence interval, -0.3, 7.2) compared with 2010. Increases occurred among women aged 65-69 years, unmarried women, and women with usual sources of care and 2-5 physician visits in the prior year. After adjustment, mammography use increased in 2013 versus 2010 (74.8% vs. 71.3%, P=0.039). Interactions between year and income, insurance, race, or ethnicity were not significant.
conclusionsThere was a modest increase in mammography use from 2010 to 2013 among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65-74 years, possibly consistent with an effect of eliminating Medicare cost sharing during this time. Findings suggest that eliminating cost sharing might increase use of recommended screening services.
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