Newborn screening and health economics – a challenging relationship

Implication of Pulse Oxymetry Screening for Detection of Congenital Heart Defects

“…However, longerterm costs of unrecognized CHD due to neurological morbidity after circulatory shock also need to be taken into account [7,9,20] . In assessing the effi ciency of a health service, not only the costs but also the consequences for health must be estimated and judged [14] . A major point of criticism of the pulse oximetry method is its low sensitivity [24] .…”