Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Australian Children: A Cost-Utility Analysis [Valvular Heart Disease]

ConclusionsEchocardiographic screening for RHD is cost‐effective in our context, assuming that RHD can be detected ≥2 years earlier by screening. Our model can be adapted to any other setting but will require local data or acceptable assumptions for model parameters.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - March 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Roberts, K., Cannon, J., Atkinson, D., Brown, A., Maguire, G., Remenyi, B., Wheaton, G., Geelhoed, E., Carapetis, J. R. Tags: Pediatrics, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Cost-Effectiveness Original Research Source Type: research