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Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Field, Marilyn J. (CB.)
Otros Autores: Zwanziger, Lee (Contribuidor), Lawrence, Robert S (Contribuidor), Field, Marilyn J (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC, USA : National Academies Press, 19991201.
National Academies Press
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • REVIEWERS
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services
  • Summary
  • EVIDENCE AND COST ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED SERVICES
  • Skin Cancer Screening
  • Current Coverage
  • Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates
  • Medically Necessary Dental Services
  • Current Coverage
  • Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates
  • Eliminating the Time Limit on Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Transplant Recipients
  • Current CoverageEvidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates
  • DECIDING COVERAGE FOR PREVENTIVE AND OTHER SERVICES
  • Linking Evidence to Medicare Coverage: The Case of Preventive Services
  • The Infrastructure for Making Coverage Decisions
  • BEYOND COVERAGE
  • BEYOND EVIDENCE
  • 1 Introduction
  • THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
  • Historical Background
  • Enrollment and Expenditure Trends
  • MEDICARE COVERAGE DECISIONS
  • Congress
  • Health Care Financing Administration
  • Administrative Contractors
  • COVERAGE, ACCESS TO CARE, AND OUTCOMES
  • Rationales for Extending Medicare CoverageInsurance and the Use of Health Care Services
  • OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT
  • 2 Objectives, Principles, and Methods
  • OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES
  • Criteria and Trade-Offs
  • ANALYTIC STRATEGY
  • Defining the Intervention, Population, and Outcomes
  • Identifying and Assessing the Scientific Literature
  • Linking Evidence to Conclusions
  • ESTIMATING COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE
  • Considering Health Outcomes and Costs Together
  • 3 Screening for Skin Cancer
  • ASSESSMENT APPROACH: INTERVENTION, POPULATION, AND OUTCOMESPOPULATION BURDEN OF DISEASE
  • Melanoma
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers
  • AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT
  • Melanoma
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers
  • SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
  • Screening
  • Diagnosis
  • Accuracy of Screening Tests
  • Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests
  • BENEFITS AND HARMS OF SKIN CANCER SCREENING
  • General Issues
  • EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS FROM EARLY DETECTION OF SKIN CANCER THROUGH SCREENING
  • ESTIMATED COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE
  • STATEMENTS OF OTHERS ABOUT SKIN CANCER SCREENINGCOMMITTEE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • Findings
  • Possible Directions for Future Research
  • Conclusions
  • 4 Medically Necessary Dental Services
  • DEFINING MEDICALLY NECESSARY DENTAL SERVICES
  • ASSESSMENT APPROACH: INTERVENTION, POPULATION, AND OUTCOMES
  • HEAD AND NECK CANCER
  • Burden of Disease
  • Treatment of Cancers of the Head and Neck
  • Oral Health Problems Associated with Radiation Treatment of Cancers of the Head and Neck