Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Finds Genetic Screening of Adults Would Be Cost-Effective
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 10 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
An exhaustive cost-benefit analysis of population genetic testing published May 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine concludes with a recommendation to U.S. health policymakers to adopt routine testing of adults ages 40 and under for three genetic conditions posing high risk of life-threatening illness.
For U.S. adults ages 20 to 60, the authors report age-based cost-eff . . .
An exhaustive cost-benefit analysis of population genetic testing published May 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine concludes with a recommendation to U.S. health policymakers to adopt routine testing of adults ages 40 and under for three genetic conditions posing high risk of life-threatening illness.
For U.S. adults ages 20 to 60, the authors report age-based cost-eff . . .