Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services

by Marilyn J. Field, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, et al.

This report, which was developed by an expert committee of the Institute of Medicine, reviews the first three services listed above. It is intended to assist policymakers by providing syntheses of the best evidence available about the effectiveness of these services and by estimating the cost to Medicare of covering them. For each service or condition examined, the committee commissioned a review of the scientific literature that was presented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068894
• ISBN13: 9780309068895
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"