Journal article
Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation
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OBJECTIVE: Induction of labour at 39 weeks for nulliparous women aged 35 years and over may prevent stillbirths and does not increase caesarean births, so it may be popular. But the overall costs and benefits of such a policy have not been compared. DESIGN: A cost-utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial (the 35/39 trial). SETTING: Obstetric departments of 38 UK National Health Service hospitals and one UK primary care trust. POPULATION: Nulliparous women aged 35 years or over...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for Health Research
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Grant:
Grant PB-PG-0610-22275 from the Research for Patient Benefit Programme
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BJOG Journal website
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 929–934
- Publication date:
- 2017-03-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-01-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-0528
- ISSN:
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1470-0328
- Source identifiers:
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673109
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:673109
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- Local pid:
- pubs:673109
- Deposit date:
- 2017-03-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14557
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