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Cost-utility analysis: prenatal testing cost-effective regardless of age.(Obstetrics)
Prenatal testing is cost-effective for pregnant women of any age or risk level, reported Dr. Ryan A. Harris of the University of California, San Francisco, and his colleagues.
Current prenatal testing guidelines suggest offering amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling to women aged 35 years and older, but these guidelines were designed in the 1970s, when 35 seemed the most cost-effective age for testing, the researchers noted.
The researchers performed a cost-utility analysis by creating a model that followed women from the 10th week of pregnancy (before any testing) through pregnancy, birth, and the women's remaining life expectancies. They used data from case registries and previous studies to perform the analysis, which showed that amniocentesis costs less than $15,000 ...
- Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights. (Book Reviews).
- Magazine article from: Journal of Comparative Family Studies Bachman, Sara S. January 1, 2002 700+ words
...Erik and Adrienne ASCH, eds., PRENATAL TESTING AND DISABILITY RIGHTS. Washington...in the United States now includes prenatal testing. Pregnant women routinely participate...disorder or another anomaly. Although prenatal testing is routine, women may not be fully...
- Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights.(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Rehabilitation Milsom, Amy S. April 1, 2001 700+ words
Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights Erik Parens...of a project aimed at critiquing prenatal testing from a disability fights perspective...the research project who examine prenatal testing from various angles. Contributors...
- Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights.
- Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice Purdy, Laura October 1, 2001 700+ words
...Adrienne Asch (eds.), Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights...xvi + 371 PP. Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights...any innovation has costs as well as benefits...pursuing widespread prenatal testing requires scrutiny...
- The boundaries of identity.(Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights)(Excerpt)
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Robinson, Walter M. March 1, 2002 700+ words
...would like more information about prenatal testing for the CF gene because she and her...cystic fibrosis." They plan to have prenatal testing so that they may terminate any pregnancy...According to many of the contributors to Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights, a collection...
- Risk, autonomy, and responsibility: informed consent for prenatal...
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Press, Nancy Browner, C.H. May 1, 1995 700+ words
...Why is informed consent required for prenatal testing? Consent is routinely sought, but...implementation of informed consent for prenatal testing suggests that we need to reconceptualize...people think of when they hear the term prenatal testing. These tests are invasive and carry...
- Genetic counseling and prenatal testing. (Pregnancy and Birth)
- The Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide Leppert, Phyllis January 1, 1989 700+ words
GENETIC COUNSELING AND PRENATAL TESTING BECAUSE MANY COUPLES are now...disease. The main purpose of prenatal testing is to detect birth defects...abnormality in the fetus, so prenatal testing also has the result of reassuring...
- Innogenetics options AdnaGen's prenatal testing technology.(Innogenetics NV...
- Newspaper article from: Pharma Marketletter October 2, 2006 700+ words
...maternal blood. This technology may facilitate prenatal testing since it could allow DNA testing on fetal...developed into a commercial diagnostic product for prenatal testing. Prenatal testing is becoming increasingly important for diverse...
- Racial and ethnic differences have small roles in prenatal testing decisions.
- Newspaper article from: Drug Week June 27, 2003 700+ words
...ethnic differences have small roles in prenatal testing decisions. "The purpose of this...social and cultural influences in prenatal testing decisions," scientists writing in...Social and familial contexts for prenatal testing decisions differ among racial/ethnic...
