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SUBMITTER: Blanken MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748402 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blanken Maarten O MO Frederix Geert W GW Nibbelke Elisabeth E EE Koffijberg Hendrik H Sanders Elisabeth A M EAM Rovers Maroeska M MM Bont Louis L
European journal of pediatrics 20171122 1
The objective of the paper is to assess the cost-effectiveness of targeted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis based on a validated prediction rule with 1-year time horizon in moderately preterm infants compared to no prophylaxis. Data on health care consumption were derived from a randomised clinical trial on wheeze reduction following RSV prophylaxis and a large birth cohort study on risk prediction of RSV hospitalisation. We calculated the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) ...[more]