Associations between the 2007 Medicare reimbursement reduction for bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis drug therapy patterns of female Medicare beneficiaries

OBJECTIVE: To examine how drug therapy patterns for osteoporosis have changed after the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) reimbursement reduction in 2007, in relation to follow-up bone mineral density (BMD) testing status. METHODS: We used a retrospective temporal shift design to examine change...

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Autores principales: Kim, Sun Jung, Lee, Joo Hun, Kim, Sulgi, Nakagawa, Shunichi, Bertelson, Heather, Lam, Julia, Yoo, Ji Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25028539
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S62780

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25028539
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S62780

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