Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a National Neonatal Hearing Screening Program in China: Conditions for the Scale-Up

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tobe, Ruoyan Gai ^a   Mori, Rintaro ^b   Huang, Lihui ^c,d   Xu, Lingzhong ^a   Han, Demin ^c,d,e   Shibuya, Kenji ^f  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^e China WHO Collaborating Center for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hearing Impairment   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL NEONATAL HEARING SCREENING PROGRAM; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84872447741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051990     Document Type: Article

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