Assessment of willingness to pay for expanded carrier screening among women and couples undergoing preconception carrier screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanded carrier screening can provide risk information for numerous conditions. Understanding how individuals undergoing preconception expanded carrier screening value this information is important. The NextGen study evaluated the use of genome sequencing for expanded carrier screening and reporting secondary findings, and we measured participants' willingness to pay for this approach to understand how it is valued by women and couples planning a pregnancy.

Methods

We assessed 277 participants' willingness to pay for genome sequencing reporting carrier results for 728 gene/condition pairs and results for 121 secondary findings. We explored the association between attitudes and demographic factors and willingness to pay for expanded carrier screening using genome

SUBMITTER: Clarke EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051630 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature