Changes in the Use and Costs of Diagnostic Imaging Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Cancer, 1999-2006
Dinan MA, Curtis LH, Hammill BG, Patz EF, Abernethy AP, Shea AM, Schulman KA. Changes in the Use and Costs of Diagnostic Imaging Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Cancer, 1999-2006. JAMA 2010, 303: 1625-1631. PMID: 20424253, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.460.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDiagnostic ImagingFemaleHealth Care CostsHumansInsurance, Health, ReimbursementMaleMedicareNeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsNon-Hodgkin lymphomaLung cancerMedicare beneficiariesBreast cancerCancer typesColorectal cancerProstate cancerImaging costsPositron emission tomography scanIncident breast cancerYear of diagnosisEmission tomography scanBone density studiesMean total costMagnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographyBone scanTreatment patternsIncident casesCancer careHalf of beneficiariesTomography scanUS CentersMean annual increaseResonance imaging