Screening for childhood lead poisoning: A cost-minimization analysis

D.E. Glotzer, H. Bauchner, K.A. Freedberg and S. Palfrey

American Journal of Public Health, 1994, vol. 84, issue 1, 110-112

Abstract: Decision analysis was used to compare the costs of three screening strategies for childhood lead poisoning: (1) venipuncture; (2) capillary sample with venipuncture confirmation if the blood lead level is elevated; (3) stratification by risk, with venipuncture for high-risk children and capillary sample for low-risk children. Under baseline conditions, the cost of screening by the venipuncture, stratification, and capillary strategies is $22, $25, and $27, respectively. Venipuncture remains the least expensive strategy unless the cost of venipuncture is more than three times that of capillary sampling. The annual cost of a national lead screening program that uses a single venipuncture sample would be $352 million. Initial screening with a capillary sample would cost $432 million, 23% more than venipuncture.

Date: 1994
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1994:84:1:110-112_9

Access Statistics for this article

American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia

More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Christopher F Baum ().