Budget impact of incorporating non-invasive prenatal testing in prenatal screening for Down syndrome in Turkey

ÖKEM, ZEYNEP; ÖRGÜL, GÖKÇEN; TARI KASNAKOĞLU, BERNA; Cakar, Mehmet; BEKSAÇ, MEHMET

doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2019.10.003

Budget impact of incorporating non-invasive prenatal testing in prenatal screening for Down syndrome in Turkey

ÖKEM Z. G., ÖRGÜL G., TARI KASNAKOĞLU B., Cakar M., BEKSAÇ M. S.

HEALTH POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.402-407, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2019.10.003
Dergi Adı: HEALTH POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.402-407
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: To provide information to the government about the budget impact of implementing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) into prenatal screening strategies to detect Down syndrome (DS) in singleton pregnancies in Turkey; the likely costs or savings associated with NIPT in comparison to the current practice were calculated.