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Colon Cancer
Researchers at Duke University target colon cancer
August 14th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Context The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( MMA) altered reimbursements for outpatient chemotherapy drugs and drug administration services. Anecdotal reports suggest that these adjustments may have negatively affected access to chemotherapy for Medicare beneficiaries." " To compare patient wait times and travel distances for chemotherapy before and after the enactment of the MMA. Setting, and Patients Analysis of a nationally representative 5% sample of claims from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the period 2003 through 2006. Patients were Medicare beneficiaries with...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-14)
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