Opportunity analysis of newborn screening programs

Carmen Herrero () and Juan Moreno-Ternero

No 2007029, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: There exist congenital diseases that reduce newborns' potential opportunities. This reduction is sometimes alleviated if the congenital disease is early detected thanks to a newborn screening program. We propose an outcome measurement of newborn screening programs based on the opportunity gains they offer. We show that, under plausible assumptions, the ranking of the available screening programs for a particular disease, according to this new outcome measurement, do not depend on the metric of opportunity. We also apply our model to the current debate about choosing between a selective or a universal newborn hearing screening program to detect congenital hearing impairment.

Keywords: opportunities; potential success; screening programs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D63 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-05-01
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Related works:
Working Paper: Opportunity analysis of newborn screening programs (2009)
Journal Article: Opportunity analysis of newborn screening programs (2008)
Working Paper: OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS OF NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS (2005)
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