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- Title
Association between the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and patient wait times and travel distance for chemotherapy.
- Authors
Shea, Alisa M; Curtis, Lesley H; Hammill, Bradley G; DiMartino, Lisa D; Abernethy, Amy P; Schulman, Kevin A
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
JAMA, 2008, Vol 300, Issue 2, p189
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.300.2.189