title: Improved case finding for pediatric hearing loss: cost analysis of school screening programs.
abstract: The majority of school hearing conservation programs employ pure tone identification audiometry as a basis of referral for further evaluation. An analysis of the cost impact of school screening programs is presented and a method of relating costs to screening program accuracy is described. This type of analysis may be used as a model for estimating cost impact and cost-benefit for pure tone audiometry and other techniques of screening for hearing loss.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening