HOSPITAL COSTS AND SOCIAL COSTS: A CASE STUDY OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
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| author | Carmen Herrero |
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| contents | HOSPITAL COSTS AND SOCIAL COSTS: A CASE STUDY OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING Carmen Herrero Juan D. Moreno-Ternero Economía y Finanzas cost QALYs Economic evaluation health care programs effectiveness analysis The economic evaluation of health care programs can be carried out fromtwo diferent perspectives: the hospital´s narrow perspective and the socialperspective, which includes all costs. It is well known that, depending onthe perspective, the economic evaluation may lead to discrepant recommendations.In this paper we present an example of this situation by reporting aneconomic evaluation of the screening procedures to detect congenital hearingimpairment in newborns. We obtain that from the hospital´s perspective a targetedprocedure, based on a previous high-risk criterion, is preferred, whereasfrom the social perspective a universal procedure is preferred 2005 editorial 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17329107 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.1 Vol.XXIX |
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| spellingShingle | HOSPITAL COSTS AND SOCIAL COSTS: A CASE STUDY OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING Carmen Herrero Economía y Finanzas cost QALYs Economic evaluation health care programs effectiveness analysis HOSPITAL COSTS AND SOCIAL COSTS: A CASE STUDY OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING Carmen Herrero Juan D. Moreno-Ternero Economía y Finanzas cost QALYs Economic evaluation health care programs effectiveness analysis The economic evaluation of health care programs can be carried out fromtwo diferent perspectives: the hospital´s narrow perspective and the socialperspective, which includes all costs. It is well known that, depending onthe perspective, the economic evaluation may lead to discrepant recommendations.In this paper we present an example of this situation by reporting aneconomic evaluation of the screening procedures to detect congenital hearingimpairment in newborns. We obtain that from the hospital´s perspective a targetedprocedure, based on a previous high-risk criterion, is preferred, whereasfrom the social perspective a universal procedure is preferred 2005 editorial 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17329107 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.1 Vol.XXIX |
| title | HOSPITAL COSTS AND SOCIAL COSTS: A CASE STUDY OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING |
| topic | Economía y Finanzas cost QALYs Economic evaluation health care programs effectiveness analysis |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17329107 |