Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1007

Saline infusion sonohysterography

Application No.

1007
Application NameSaline infusion sonohysterography
Advisory PanelsDr Michael Kitchener
(Chair and MSAC member)
Professor David Ellwood
(co-opted member)
Assoc Professor Lachlan de Crespigny
(Australian Association of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Ultrasonologists nominee)
Ms Mari-Ann Scott
(Health Economist)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat1 December 1997
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 24 February 1999 meeting.

The MSAC recommended that on the strength of the evidence pertaining to saline sonohysterography, public funding should be supported for this procedure as a second-line diagnostic procedure for abormal uterine bleeding, when findings from transvaginal ultrasound are inconclusive.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 11 May 1999
Stage 5 - Implementation

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