Neonatal hearing screening: Modelling cost and effectiveness of hospital- and community-based screening

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Grill, Eva ^a   Uus, Kai ^b   Hessel, Franz ^c   Davies, Linda ^b   Taylor, Rod S ^d   Wasem, Juergen ^c   Bamford, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TESTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; NEONATAL SCREENING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WALES;

EID: 33645001986     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-14     Document Type: Article

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