Identifying and assessing the benefits of interventions for postnatal depression: a systematic review of economic evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic evaluations of interventions for postnatal depression (PND) are essential to ensure optimal healthcare decision-making. Due to the wide-ranging effects of PND on the mother, baby and whole family, there is a need to include outcomes for all those affected and to include health and non-health outcomes for accurate estimates of cost-effectiveness. This study aimed to identify interventions to prevent or treat PND for which an economic evaluation had been conducted and to evaluate the health and non-health outcomes included.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted applying a comprehensive search strategy across eight electronic databases and other sources. Full or partial economic evaluations of interventions involving preventive strategies (including scre

SUBMITTER: Gurung B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963067 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature