Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Thyroid screening in pregnancy has in Slovakia started in 2009 on the basis of a ministerial guidance for diagnosis and therapy of autoimmune diseases of thyroid gland in pregnant women. (source: Vestník MZ SR 39., 2009, pp. 33–39). Its effectiveness was analysed in 2016 and compared with a similar analysis from 2011. The analysis was aimed to verify the implementation rate of the Guidance in practice.Methods: Records from pregnant...

Objectives: Slovakia is gradually implementing health technology assessment (HTA). This method evaluated the issue of possible overuse of laboratory and imaging investigations in thyroidology for the last 10 years. The analysis being divided between 2008–2011 and 2012–2017. In this study we publish the outputs from the first stage phase.Methods: The study was conducted using data from patient records of the General Health Insurance Company, a.s...

Objectives: Between 2010 to 2018, the number of patients with thyroid disease in the Slovak Republic grew by 43.4%. We investigated the development of physical, laboratory, USG thyroid examinations and economic costs over the period 2010–2017.Methods: The study was conducted using data from patient records of the General Health Insurance Company, which registered approximately 3,497,265 policyholders (66.13%) in 2010 and 3,238,500 policyholders (62...

Objectives: Screening of thyropathies in Slovakia began in 2009 on the basis of the expert guideline of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune thyroid diseases in women during pregnancy (Public Health Ministry 39, 2009, No. 33–39)Methods: The records of pregnant women insured by the health insurance company Dôvera, who had their first documented gynecological visit due to pregnancy in 2011, w...