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Health care costs after genome-wide sequencing for children with rare diseases in England and Canada

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Importance Etiologic diagnoses for rare diseases can involve a diagnostic odyssey, with repeated health care interactions and inconclusive diagnostics. Prior studies reported cost savings associated with genome-wide sequencing (GWS) compared with cytogenetic or molecular testing through rapid genetic diagnosis, but there is limited evidence on whether diagnosis from GWS is associated with reduced health care costs.

Objective To measure changes in he...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.20842

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-4157-4217
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Role:
Author



Publisher:
American Medical Association
Journal:
JAMA Network Open More from this journal
Volume:
7
Issue:
7
Article number:
e2420842
Publication date:
2024-07-10
Acceptance date:
2024-05-07
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EISSN:
2574-3805
Pmid:
38985473


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2016083
Local pid:
pubs:2016083
Deposit date:
2024-08-02

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