A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis
The objective of this study was to examine critically the validity of a toxoplasma prenatal screening program, in the context of a cost-benefit analysis, as it relates to the Canadian experience. Recently, studies have suggested that early treatment of infected infants with a combination of pyrimeth...
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| description | The objective of this study was to examine critically the validity of a toxoplasma prenatal screening program, in the context of a cost-benefit analysis, as it relates to the Canadian experience. Recently, studies have suggested that early treatment of infected infants with a combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine is effective in reducing the sequelae of toxoplasmosis. It was concluded that a carefully planned screening program for detecting and treating infants infected with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy is cost beneficial. The cost of delivering a screening and treatment program is less than half of what it would cost to provide comprehensive long term medical, educational and other social services for the estimated 1000 children born each year with congenital toxoplasmosis. Even if an incidence as low as two infected infants per 1000 pregnancies is assumed and only 400 children were affected, the screening and preventive therapy program would be justified. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcd514385c9d4691a7bca4399349f3ea2025-08-20T03:26:15ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321996-01-017425926310.1155/1996/678145A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for ToxoplasmosisVic S Sahai0Heather Onyett1Sudbury and District Health Unit, Sudbury, and Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaSudbury and District Health Unit, Sudbury, and Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaThe objective of this study was to examine critically the validity of a toxoplasma prenatal screening program, in the context of a cost-benefit analysis, as it relates to the Canadian experience. Recently, studies have suggested that early treatment of infected infants with a combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine is effective in reducing the sequelae of toxoplasmosis. It was concluded that a carefully planned screening program for detecting and treating infants infected with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy is cost beneficial. The cost of delivering a screening and treatment program is less than half of what it would cost to provide comprehensive long term medical, educational and other social services for the estimated 1000 children born each year with congenital toxoplasmosis. Even if an incidence as low as two infected infants per 1000 pregnancies is assumed and only 400 children were affected, the screening and preventive therapy program would be justified.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/678145 |
| spellingShingle | Vic S Sahai Heather Onyett A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis |
| title_full | A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis |
| title_fullStr | A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis |
| title_short | A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis |
| title_sort | cost benefit analysis of prenatal screening for toxoplasmosis |
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