When UnitedHealthcare starts to require prior authorization for these procedures, Johnson worries for the patients covered by the insurer. High-risk patients cannot wait too long for colonoscopies. The alternative is to pay for the procedure themselves, but people cannot always afford to pay out-of...
David E. ArterburnKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WADana A. TelemCenter for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MILippincott Williams & WilkinsAnnals of Surgery
prevalence of prediabetes in US children and adolescents [5], the increased cardiovascular risk associated with prediabetes [14], and the dearth of data on therapeutic approaches for the management of prediabetes in children [16] represent a significant deficiency in healthcare delivery to US ...