A Cost-Utility Analysis of Neonatal Circumcision

Paper published in Medical Decision Making, Vol. 24, No. 6, 584-601 (2004). The author, Robert S. Van Howe, MD, MS, FAAP, determined that it was more costly to circumcise than to leave baby boys intact. The study concludes, "Neonatal circumcision is not good health policy, and support for it as a medical procedure cannot be justified financially or medically."