Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services.
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Washington, DC, USA :
National Academies Press,
19991201.
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| ISBN: | 0309068894 9780309068895 9780309592369 0309592364 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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