Tseng Min-chieh also quotes the example of thalassemia major, the fully expressed form of thalassemia: it costs NT $ 40 million to raise a child with thalassemia to the age of 20, but the machine required to perform prenatal screening tests for the disorder costs only NT $ 10 million, so in terms of cost naturally prevention is worthwhile.
曾敏傑也以重症地中海型貧血為例，一個罹患重症地中海型貧血的孩子養到二十歲大約要花費四千萬，然而產前篩檢的儀器卻只要花費一千萬，從成本效益來看，防治是當然要做的事。