Cost-effectiveness analysis of newborn pulse oximetry screening to detect critical congenital heart disease in Colombia

Cost-effectiveness analysis of newborn pulse oximetry screening to detect critical congenital heart disease in Colombia

Abstract Background In many countries, economic assessments of the routine use of pulse oximetry in the detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) at birth has not yet been carried out. CCHDs necessarily require medical intervention within the first months of life. This assessment is a pr...

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Main Authors: Dario Londoño Trujillo, Nestor Fernando Sandoval Reyes, Alejandra Taborda Restrepo, Cindy Lorena Chamorro Velasquez, Maria Teresa Dominguez Torres, Sandra Vanessa Romero Ducuara, Gloria Amparo Troncoso Moreno, Hernan Camilo Aranguren Bello, Alejandra Fonseca Cuevas, Pablo Andres Bermudez Hernandez, Pablo Sandoval Trujillo, Rodolfo Jose Dennis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Subjects:
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Congenital heart defects
Diagnosis
Pulse oximetry
Indirect expenditures
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12962-019-0179-2

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