Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health and Medicine : Healthcare and Quality
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 2003-07-31T00:00:00+00:00


Follow-up

Base case

Lowest case

Highest case

Office visit

60,000

Repeat serum TSH test

60,000

Serum free T4 test

60,000

Serum antithyroid antibody test

30,000

10,000

50,000

Outcome 1: Normal – Repeat serum TSH value normalb

3,000 (5% of people with high screening value)

Years 2-5: Follow-up serum TSH test

2,500

1,000

2,800



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