Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction
ISBN-13:
9780309088855
ISBN-10:
0309088852
Author:
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Robert B. Wallace, Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid Screening, Marc B. Stone
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
National Academies Press
Format:
Paperback
135 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780309088855
ISBN-10:
0309088852
Author:
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Robert B. Wallace, Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid Screening, Marc B. Stone
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
National Academies Press
Format:
Paperback
135 pages
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Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction (ISBN-13: 9780309088855 and ISBN-10: 0309088852), written by authors
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Robert B. Wallace, Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid Screening, Marc B. Stone, was published by National Academies Press in 2003.
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When the Medicare program was established in 1965, it was viewed as a form of financial protection for the elderly against catastrophic medical expenses, primarily those related to hospitalization for unexpected illnesses. The first expansions to the program increased the eligible population from the retired to the disabled and to persons receiving chronic renal dialysis. It was not until 1980 that an expansion of services beyond those required "for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member" was included in Medicare. These services, known as preventive services, are intended either to prevent disease (by vaccination) or to detect disease (by diagnostic test) before the symptoms of illness appear. A Committee was formed "to conduct a study on the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for some or all Medicare beneficiaries." Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1. Introduction2. Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease3. Prevalence and Consequences of Thyroid Dysfunction4. Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction5. The Cost of Coverage6. Conclusions and RecommendationsAppendix A: Workshop on Screening for Thyroid DysfunctionAppendix B: Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence ReviewAppendix C: Diagnoses Currently Covered by Medicare for Serum TSH TestingAppendix D: Committee Biographies
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