Medicare coverage of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction
By: Marc B. Stone and Robert B. Wallace, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid Screening, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Contributors: Stone, Marc B.; Wallace, Robert B., 1942-; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid Screening.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Thyroid gland -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- United States.; Medical screening -- United States.; Medicare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-113).
Also available online.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of thyroid disease; title: 3. Prevelance and consequences of thyroid dysfuntion; title: 4. Screening for thyroid dysfuntion; title: 5. The cost of coverage; title: 6. Conclusions and recommendations.