Prenatal aneuploidy screening in a low-risk Hispanic population: price elasticity and cost-effectiveness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In October 2015, the Massachusetts Medicaid program temporarily stopped reimbursement for procedures in which the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition, code for serum aneuploidy screening used by certain communities was stipulated. This change led to a substantial number of patients who went without aneuploidy screening for approximately 3 years.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the change in use and cost-effectiveness of prenatal aneuploidy serum screening in a low-risk Hispanic Medicaid population in Massachusetts.

Study design

We conducted a retrospective chart review of Spanish-speaking pregnant patients younger than 35 years of age who underwent aneuploidy serum screening at a Massachusetts community health center. The study c

SUBMITTER: Clifford CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10777109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature