期刊名称：CORE Discussion Papers / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (UCL), Louvain
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
出版社：Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (UCL), Louvain
摘要：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.
