Screening to prevent spontaneous preterm birth: systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling
Honest H, Forbes CA, Duree KH, Norman G, Duffy SB, Tsourapas A, Roberts TE, Barton PM, Jowett SM, Hyde CJ, Khan KS
Record ID 32009100578
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study found that an effective, affordable and safe intervention applied to all mothers without preceding testing is likely to be the most cost-effective approach to reducing spontaneous preterm birth among asymptomatic women in early pregnancy. Among symptomatic women in later pregnancy, a management strategy based on the results of testing is likely to be more cost-effective
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1486
Year Published:
2009
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Models, Econometric
- Pregnancy
- Abortion, Spontaneous
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Mass Screening
- Premature Birth
- Tocolytic Agents
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO
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