Healthcare use and costs of perinatal anxiety: a UK NHS perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal anxiety is a significant public health issue with potential adverse outcomes for both mothers and their babies. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the costs associated with health service use for women with and without perinatal anxiety in the UK National Health Service (NHS) at six and twelve months postpartum. This research is part of the MAP Alliance Study-a large programme of research on perinatal anxiety.

Methods

A cost of illness (COI) analysis was performed using a retrospective approach in which recorded data of self-reported health resource use was analysed. The COI analysis identified the different components of costs and the size of the contribution of each health resource and quantified the direct costs incurred by the NHS due to

SUBMITTER: Pisavadia K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406475 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature