Economic evaluation of intravenous iron formulations for patients with iron deficiency anemia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various intravenous iron formulations show great promise in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA), and economic evaluation results are becoming increasingly important as criteria for allocating healthcare resources. This study aimed to systematically evaluate the economics of six main intravenous iron formulations in the treatment of IDA.

Methods

Computerized search of relevant studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library to collect economic evaluation of six intravenous iron formulations for the treatment of patients with IDA; the time limit for searching was from the establishment of the database to 30 July 2025. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, evaluated the quality of included studies using the Con

SUBMITTER: Xing Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672858 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature