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Modelling the cost-effectiveness of a newborn hearing screening programme; usability and pitfalls

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DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2177892

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Newborn hearing screening; cost-effectiveness; modelling; online tool; preventive health care

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The EUSCREEN project focuses on studying European vision and hearing screening programs and developing a cost-effectiveness model to analyze these programs. An online tool was created to assist stakeholders in designing, analyzing, or modifying newborn hearing screening programs. The tool utilizes data from literature, existing programs, and user observations to provide insights into the benefits and costs of the program.
Objective: The EUSCREEN project concerns the study of European vision and hearing screening programmes. Part of the project was the development of a cost-effectiveness model to analyse such programmes. We describe the development and usability of an online tool to enable stakeholders to design, analyse or modify a newborn hearing screening (NHS) programme.Design: Data from literature, from existing NHS programmes, and observations by users were used to develop and refine the tool. Required inputs include prevalence of the hearing impairment, test sequence and its timing, attendance, sensitivity, and specificity of each screening step. Outputs include the number of cases detected and the costs of screening and diagnostics.Study sample: Eleven NHS programmes with reliable data.Results: Three analyses are presented, exploring the effect of low attendance, number of screening steps, testing in the maternity ward, or screening at a later age, on the benefits and costs of the programme. Knowledge of the epidemiology of a staged screening programme is crucial when using the tool.Conclusions: This study presents a tool intended to aid stakeholders to design a new or analyse an existing hearing screening programme in terms of benefits and costs.

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