The Role of Information Provision in Economic Evaluations of Newborn Bloodspot Screening: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The extent to which economic evaluations have included the healthcare resource and outcome-related implications of information provision in national newborn bloodspot screening programmes (NBSPs) is not currently known.

Objectives

To identify if, and how, information provision has been incorporated into published economic evaluations of NBSPs.

Methods

A systematic review of economic evaluations of NBSPs (up to November 2014) was conducted. Three electronic databases were searched (Ovid: Medline, Embase, CINAHL) using an electronic search strategy combining a published economic search filter with terms related to national NBSPs and screening-related technologies. These electronic searches were supplemented by searching the NHS Economic Evaluations Database (

SUBMITTER: Wright SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751163 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature