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Medicare's use of cost-effectiveness analysis for prevention (but not for treatment)

Medicare currently pays for 23 preventive services in its benefits package, the majority of which were added since 2005. In the past decade, the program has transformed from one essentially administering treatment claims, to one increasingly focused on health promotion and maintenance. What is largely unappreciated is the role cost-effectiveness analysis has played in the coverage of preventive services.
Year of publication:
2015
Authors: Chambers, James D. ; Cangelosi, Michael J. ; Neumann, Peter J.
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Health Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0168-8510. - Vol. 119.2015, 2, p. 156-163
Publisher: Elsevier
Subject: Medicare | Prevention | Evidentiary standards | Cost-effectiveness
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