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Last updated: 15 July 2008 - Next update due: 22 July 2008
Research type: |
Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening programmes for amblyopia and stabismus in children up to the ages of 4-5 years: a systematic review and economic evaluation (Carlton) 214 pages, Volume 12, number 25 |
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Headline: |
Study found that the cost-effectiveness of screening for amblyopia in young children is dependent on the long-term utility effects of unilateral vision loss. |
Project ref: |
04/32/05 |
Original project title: |
What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of screening programmes for amblyopia and squint in children up to the ages of 4-5 years? |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Jonathan Daniel Karnon, Associate Professor, Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide |
Start Date: |
July 2005. |
Publication date: |
June 2008 |
Cost: |
£88,626 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
MASS-SCREENING Q-methods; MASS-SCREENING Q-economics; AMBLYOPIA Q-economics; AMBLYOPIA Q-diagnosis; STRABISMUS Q-diagnosis; STRABISMUS Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMANS; CHILD-PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484162347 (*National Research Register) |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
97 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
786 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 8th July 2008. |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1467 |
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