The role of information provision in economic evaluations of non-invasive prenatal testing: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Technological progress has led to changes in the antenatal screening programmes, most significantly the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). The availability of a new type of testing changes the type of information that the parent(s) require before, during and after screening to mitigate anxiety about the testing process and results.

Objectives

To identify the extent to which economic evaluations of NIPT have accounted for the need to provide information alongside testing and the associated costs and health outcomes of information provision.

Methods

A systematic review of economic evaluations of NIPTs (up to February 2018) was conducted. Medline, Embase, CINAHL and PsychINFO were searched using an electronic search strategy combining a publ

SUBMITTER: John NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature