title: Prospective economic evaluation of lead poisoning prevention programs.
abstract: This paper illustrates an economic methodology for the prospective evaluation of individual lead poisoning screening and prevention programs. A method is presented for prospectively estimating the prevalence and expected health consequences of lead poisoning in an urban population. The economic costs of these consequences are calculated and cost-benefit analysis is used to complete the evaluation. A case study is developed to illustrate the potential utility of the model as a framework for the prospective evaluation of programs under funding consideration.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011336:Probability; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population