Medicare coverage of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction [electronic resource] / 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

Title	Medicare coverage of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction [electronic resource] / 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
Imprint	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003
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Descript	xiv, 121 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

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

Thyroid gland -- Diseases Medical screening -- United States Medical screening -- United States Medicare Thyroid Diseases -- prevention & control -- United States Mass Screening -- economics -- United States Medicare -- economics Preventive Health Services -- economics -- United States Electronic books.