Cost and outcomes of the ultrasound screening program for birth defects over time: a population-based study in France.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess trends in the average costs and effectiveness of the French ultrasound screening programme for birth defects.

Design

A population-based study.

Setting

National Public Health Insurance claim database.

Participants

All pregnant women in the 'Echantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires', a permanent representative sample of 1/97 of the individuals covered by the French Health Insurance System.

Main outcomes measures

Trends in the costs and in the average cost-effectiveness ratio (ACER) of the screening programme (in € per case detected antenatally), per year, between 2006 and 2014. incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) from 1 year to another were also estimated. We assessed costs related to the ultrasound screening programme of birth

SUBMITTER: Ferrier C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375504 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature