The economics of screening infants at risk of hearing impairment: An international analysis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-218

  Burke, Martyn J ^a   Shenton, Ruth C ^a   Taylor, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated auditory brainstem response; Cost effectiveness analysis; Economics; International; Newborn hearing screening strategies; Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONE STAGE SCREENING PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO STAGE SCREENING PROCESS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING;

COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEAFNESS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84855911528     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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