In primary care, is measuring free-thyroxine plus thyroid-stimulating hormone to detect hypopituitarism cost-effective? A cost utility analysis using Markov chain models
Objective We examined whether it is cost-effective to measure free thyroxine (FT4) in addition to thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)) on all requests for thyroid function tests from primary care on adult patients.Background Hypopituitarism occurs in about 4 people per 100 000 per year. L...
| Published in: | BMJ Open |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/7/e029369.full |