The cost-effectiveness of universal newborn screening for bilateral permanent congenital hearing impairment: Systematic review

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-180

  Colgan, Stephen ^a   Gold, Lisa ^a   Wirth, Karen ^b   Ching, Teresa ^c,d   Poulakis, Zeffie ^b   Rickards, Field ^e   Wake, Melissa ^b,d  

^a Deakin Health Economics   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bilateral; cost benefit analyses; hearing loss; neonatal screening; review, systematic

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84861160712     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2012.02.002     Document Type: Review

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