Cost-Analysis of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in the Philippinesdoi:10.47895/AMP.V47I4.1267Regie Lyn P. Santos-CortezCharlotte M. ChiongUniversity of the Philippines Manila
PHILIPPINESNEWBORN screeningHOSPITALSPUBLIC hospitalsPUBLIC health administrationPATIENT complianceNewborn Screening (NBS) is a Philippine government program based on Republic Act 9288 for identification of neonates with genetic, metabolic, or infectious conditions...
screening be adopted in all countries and communities with available rehabilitation services and that the policy be extended to other countries and communities as rehabilitation services are established."3 Despite this recommendation, the implementation of a universal hearing screening program in member ...
screening large numbers of Filipino expatriates was initiated in order to ascertain: (1) whether NBS results on disorders not currently included in the Philippine NBS program were available, and (2) whether any such results were suitable to serve as a proxy for pilot testing in the Philippines....