Cost-effectiveness analysis of newborn pulse oximetry screening to detect critical congenital heart disease in Colombia

Table 4 Methodological case of the budget impact analysis

Technologies assessed	(a) General examination with pulse oximetry (b) General examination
Population	Term newborns in Colombia Demographical growth as from DANE projections Epidemiological information (prevalence of CCHDs) taken from SLR
Perspective	Health system—third payer
Time horizon	Every scenario: 1 year Three scenarios are compared
Costs included	See Table 3 (costs associated to the detection of CCHD) The base case corresponds to the current scenario, without the use of pulse oximetry
Sources of information	Costs deriving from the economic assessment Prevalence derived from SLR
Scenarios	Current scenario: pulse oximetry: 0% New scenario a: pulse oximetry 10% New scenario b: pulse oximetry 20%
Results	The difference among estimated scenarios (current and new), expressed as follows: Budget impact = New scenario–current scenario

DANE the national administrative department of statistics, SLR systematic literature review

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