Is the ``$1000 Genome'' really $1000? Understanding the full benefits and costs of genomic sequencing

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Article type: Letter

Authors: Phillips, Kathryn A.^{a; *} | Pletcher, Mark J.^b | Ladabaum, Uri^c

Affiliations: [a] Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California at San Francisco, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA | [b] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA | [c] Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Kathryn A. Phillips, 3333 California St, Room 420, Box 0613, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Tel.: +1 415 502 8271; Fax: +1 415 502 0792; E-mail:Kathryn.Phillips@ucsf.edu

Keywords: Sequencing, economics, cost-effectiveness, price

DOI: 10.3233/THC-150900

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 373-379, 2015