Cost and cost-effectiveness of universal screening for hearing loss in newborns

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-367

  Kezirian, Eric J ^a   White, Karl R ^b   Yueh, Bevan ^b   Sullivan, Sean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035319327     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.113945     Document Type: Article

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