Costing Alternative Birth Settings for Women at Low Risk of Complications: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is demand from women for alternatives to giving birth in a standard hospital setting however access to these services is limited. This systematic review examines the literature relating to the economic evaluations of birth setting for women at low risk of complications.

Methods

Searches of the literature to identify economic evaluations of different birth settings of the following electronic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EconLit, Business Source Complete and Maternity and Infant care. Relevant English language publications were chosen using keywords and MeSH terms between 1995 and 2015. Inclusion criteria included studies focussing on the comparison of birth setting. Data were extracted with respect to study design, perspective, PICO principles, and resource u

SUBMITTER: Scarf V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4758623 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature