Health and economic outcomes of newborn screening for infantile-onset Pompe disease
Richardson, J. S., Kemper, A. R., Grosse, S. D., Lam, W. K. K., Rose, A. M., Ahmad, A., Gebremariam, A., & Prosser, L. A. (2021). Health and economic outcomes of newborn screening for infantile-onset Pompe disease. Genetics in Medicine, 23(4), 758-766. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-020-01038-0
Abstract
PURPOSE: To estimate health and economic outcomes associated with newborn screening (NBS) for infantile-onset Pompe disease in the United States.
METHODS: A decision analytic microsimulation model simulated health and economic outcomes of a birth cohort of 4 million children in the United States. Universal NBS and treatment was compared with clinical identification and treatment of infantile-onset Pompe disease. Main outcomes were projected cases identified, costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) over the life course.
RESULTS: Universal NBS for Pompe disease and confirmatory testing was estimated to cost an additional $26 million annually. Additional medication costs associated with earlier treatment initiation were $181 million; however, $8 million in medical care costs for other services were averted due to delayed disease progression. Infants with screened and treated infantile-onset Pompe disease experienced an average lifetime increase of 11.66 QALYs compared with clinical detection. The ICER was $379,000/QALY from a societal perspective and $408,000/QALY from the health-care perspective. Results were sensitive to the cost of enzyme replacement therapy.
CONCLUSION: Newborn screening for Pompe disease results in substantial health gains for individuals with infantile-onset Pompe disease, but with additional costs.
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