Screening Effects of the National Health Screening Program on Developmental Disorders.

As the prevalence of developmental disorders (DDs) has increased, many OECD countries provide a national screening examination for early detection and intervention for DDs. This study examined effects of the National Health Screening Program in Korea. 65,334 children (39%) were DD-screened and 35,46...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 2461 - 2475
Autores principales: Rah, Sung Sil, Hong, Soon-Beom, Yoon, Ju Young
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2021
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Sumario:As the prevalence of developmental disorders (DDs) has increased, many OECD countries provide a national screening examination for early detection and intervention for DDs. This study examined effects of the National Health Screening Program in Korea. 65,334 children (39%) were DD-screened and 35,466 children (21%) received a false negative among the 167,050 study subjects. The DD-screened rate had increased from 3208 (27.2%) in 2008 to 8471 (47.3%) in 2012, then decreased to 5544 (29.8%) in 2017. Changes in the false negative rates increased from 2.7% in 2008 to 23.8% in 2017 were one of the most influential factors in these fluctuations. The DD-screened rate was influenced by demo-geographic and economic factors as well as by age-related characteristics of the subconditions.