Kernohan G, Trainor B, Mollan R, Normand C
Queen's University of Belfast, Musgrave Park Hospital, Northern Ireland.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 1991 Jul-Sep;6(3):229-33. doi: 10.1002/hpm.4740060307.
Early treatment for congenital dislocation of the hip is usually simple and inexpensive. However, if the disease is not detected by 6 months of age, treatment is often complicated and expensive. We evaluated the potential cost-saving of screening, by examining the costs in 36 late cases born in 1980 and found an average cost of pounds 6,674 per case for treatment to this date. This amount could justifiably be spent on each case detected in an effective screening programme.
先天性髋关节脱位的早期治疗通常简单且费用低廉。然而，如果在6个月大时仍未发现该病，治疗往往复杂且昂贵。我们通过研究1980年出生的36例晚期病例的治疗费用，评估了筛查可能节省的费用，发现截至目前每例治疗平均费用为6674英镑。这笔钱可合理地用于有效筛查项目中检测出的每一例病例。
