Medicare coverage of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction / 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. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003. - xiv, 121 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-113).

1. Introduction -- 2. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of thyroid disease -- 3. Prevelance and consequences of thyroid dysfuntion -- 4. Screening for thyroid dysfuntion -- 5. The cost of coverage -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations.



0309088852 (book)

2004296364


Thyroid gland--Diseases--Diagnosis--United States.
Medical screening--United States.
Medicare.

RA645.T48 / M43 2003