Systematic review of the healthcare cost of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the costs directly or indirectly related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. The secondary objective was to stratify the costs based on gestational age and/or birth weight.

Design

Systematic literature review.

Setting

PubMed and Scopus were searched on 3 February 2020. Studies were selected based on eligibility criteria by two independent reviewers. Included studies were further searched to identify eligible references and citations.Two independent reviewers extracted data with a prespecified data extraction sheet, including items from a published checklist for quality assessment. The costs in the included studies are reported descriptively.

Primary outcome measure

Costs of BPD.

Results

The 13 included studies

SUBMITTER: Humayun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8356184 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature