Improving antenatal detection of small-for-gestational-age fetus: economic evaluation of Growth Assessment Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP), as implemented in the DESiGN trial, is cost-effective in terms of antenatal detection of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonate, when compared with standard care.

Methods

This was an incremental cost-effectiveness analysis undertaken from the perspective of a UK National Health Service hospital provider. Thirteen maternity units from England, UK, were recruited to the DESiGN (DEtection of Small for GestatioNal age fetus) trial, a cluster randomized controlled trial. Singleton, non-anomalous pregnancies which delivered after 24 + 0 gestational weeks between November 2015 and February 2019 were analyzed. Probabilistic decision modeling using clinical trial data was undertaken. The main outcomes of the study

SUBMITTER: Relph S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature