Evaluating cost and resource use associated with pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart disease: Empiric estimates and sources of variation

ConclusionCCHD screening by means of pulse oximetry is reasonably fast for most babies, leading to relative small labor costs with little variation by provider type. The main driver of costs is equipment: in a high throughput setting, reusable probes are currently associated with considerable cost saving compared with disposable probes. As programs expand to universal screening, improved and cheaper technologies could lead to considerable economies of scale. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - July 1, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Matthew R. Reeder, Jaewhan Kim, Amy Nance, Sergey Krikov, Marcia L. Feldkamp, Harper Randall, Lorenzo D. Botto Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research