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Expanding Newborn Screening: Process, Policy, and Priorities
Author(s) -
MOYER VIRGINIA A.,
CALONGE NED,
TEUTSCH STEVEN M.,
BOTKIN JEFFREY R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0011
Subject(s) - newborn screening , screening test , test (biology) , process (computing) , family medicine , medicine , psychology , pediatrics , computer science , paleontology , biology , operating system
In the 1960s, newborn screening programs tested for a single very rare but serious disorder. In recent years, thanks to the development of new screening technology, they have expanded into panels of tests; a federally sponsored expert group has recommended that states test for twenty-nine core disorders and twenty-five secondary disorders. By the standards used to decide whether to introduce new preventive health services into clinical use, the decision-making in newborn screening policy has been lax.