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. 2023 Mar;38(4):1102-1105.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07829-2. Epub 2022 Sep 29.

Cascade Services and Spending Following Low-Value Imaging for Uncomplicated Low Back Pain among Commercially Insured Adults

Ishani Ganguli  1   2 , Wei Ying  3 , Tara Shakley  3 , James A Colbert  4   5 , Kathleen L Mulligan  6 , Mark W Friedberg  4   6   3
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Cascade Services and Spending Following Low-Value Imaging for Uncomplicated Low Back Pain among Commercially Insured Adults

Ishani Ganguli et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Ishani Ganguli reported receiving consulting fees from F-Prime and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Ishani Ganguli and Kathleen Mulligan reported receiving a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation outside of the submitted work.

Wei Ying, Tara Shakley, James A. Colbert, and Mark W. Friedberg are employed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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Cascade-associated narrowly-defined out-of-pocket spending by x-ray and MRI recipients relative to members with no imaging for low back pain, stratified by health plan type. “HDHP” indicates a high deductible health plan with an individual deductible greater than or equal to $1350. “Non-HDHP” indicates a health plan with an individual deductible lower than $1350. This $1350 cut-off was based on the 2018 and 2019 Internal Revenue Service definition of a high deductible health plan.
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