Methodological and Procedural Considerations for Developing Decision Analytic Models to Assess the Health Economic Impacts of Newborn Bloodspot Screening: A Systematic Methodological Review.

ABSTRACT: This methodological review identifies challenges in the development of health economic evaluations of newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) interventions and their consideration in NBS policy making. A systematic review of health economics methodological studies in NBS and stakeholder consultation was undertaken. The intervention under examination was defined as health economic decision analytic modelling used as decision support to NBS policy makers. An iterative search strategy was used to identify studies, and a data extraction framework was based upon a simple decision analytic model structure for the NBS decision problem. Synthesis was facilitated by two stakeholder workshops, which focused on ensuring the complete identification of challenges and developing recommendations. Sixteen metho

SUBMITTER: Chilcott J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12550984 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature