Correction: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a mobile ear screening and surveillance service versus an outreach screening, surveillance and surgical service for indigenous children in Australia
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Nguyen, Kim-Huong
Smith, Anthony C
Armfield, Nigel R
Bensink, Mark
Scuffham, Paul A
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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After publication of this article [1], concerns were raised about whether appropriate permissions had been obtained for the use of Deadly Ears Program data in the cost-effectiveness analysis, and whether the article reported correct information about the Deadly Ears Program and its costings. In light of concerns about the Deadly Ears Program costing and resourcing details, the validity of the cost-effectiveness results was questioned. In this Correction, the authors address these concerns by providing clarifications about the approvals, study design, and data sources for this study, as well as additional sensitivity analyses ...
View more >After publication of this article [1], concerns were raised about whether appropriate permissions had been obtained for the use of Deadly Ears Program data in the cost-effectiveness analysis, and whether the article reported correct information about the Deadly Ears Program and its costings. In light of concerns about the Deadly Ears Program costing and resourcing details, the validity of the cost-effectiveness results was questioned. In this Correction, the authors address these concerns by providing clarifications about the approvals, study design, and data sources for this study, as well as additional sensitivity analyses that explore the impacts of some assumptions made and support the overall conclusions of the original study.
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View more >After publication of this article [1], concerns were raised about whether appropriate permissions had been obtained for the use of Deadly Ears Program data in the cost-effectiveness analysis, and whether the article reported correct information about the Deadly Ears Program and its costings. In light of concerns about the Deadly Ears Program costing and resourcing details, the validity of the cost-effectiveness results was questioned. In this Correction, the authors address these concerns by providing clarifications about the approvals, study design, and data sources for this study, as well as additional sensitivity analyses that explore the impacts of some assumptions made and support the overall conclusions of the original study.
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Journal Title
PLoS One
Volume
15
Issue
6
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© 2020 Nguyen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
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