Open AccessCost-Sharing and Out-of-Pocket Cost for Women Who Received MRI for Breast Cancer Screening
Author(s) -
IWen Pan,
Kevin C. Oeffinger,
Ya Chen Tina Shih
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/djab150
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , mammography , breast mri , copayment , cost sharing , breast cancer screening , deductible , logistic regression , observational study , family medicine , health care , health insurance , cancer , actuarial science , nursing , business , economics , economic growth
The financial protection of the prevention provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) doesn't apply to breast MRI but only to mammography for breast cancer screening. The purpose of the study is to examine the financial burden among women who received breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for screening.