Protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations of preoperative smoking cessation interventions for preventing surgical complications.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The short-term economic benefit of embedding best practice tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) into healthcare services prior to surgery across different populations and jurisdictions is largely unknown. The aim of this systematic review is to summarise the cost-effectiveness of preoperative smoking cessation interventions for preventing surgical complications compared with usual care. The results will provide hospital managers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and policymakers with a critical summary of the economic evidence on providing TDT routinely before surgery, aiding the development and dissemination of unified, best practice guidelines, that is, implementation of article 14 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Methods and analysis

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SUBMITTER: McCaffrey N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature