Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations

Background: Despite ongoing efforts, perinatal morbidity and mortality persist across all settings, imposing a dual burden of clinical and economic strain. Besides, the fragmented nature of economic evidence on perinatal health interventions hinders the formulation of effective health policies. O...

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Main Authors: Haile, Tsegaye G, Tessema, Gizachew A, Hertzog, Lucas, Newnham, Elizabeth, Dachew, Berihun, Makate, Marshall
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95421
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author Haile, Tsegaye G
Tessema, Gizachew A
Hertzog, Lucas
Newnham, Elizabeth
Dachew, Berihun
Makate, Marshall
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Tessema, Gizachew A
Hertzog, Lucas
Newnham, Elizabeth
Dachew, Berihun
Makate, Marshall
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description Background: Despite ongoing efforts, perinatal morbidity and mortality persist across all settings, imposing a dual burden of clinical and economic strain. Besides, the fragmented nature of economic evidence on perinatal health interventions hinders the formulation of effective health policies. Our review aims to comprehensively and critically assess the economic evidence for such interventions in high-income countries, where the balance of health outcomes and fiscal prudence is paramount. Methods and analysis: We will conduct a comprehensive search for studies using databases including EconLit (EBSCO), Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry, Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCO), Global Health (Ovid), and PubMed. Furthermore, we will broaden our search to include Google Scholar and conduct snowballing from the final articles included. The search terms will encompass economic evaluation, perinatal health interventions, perinatal morbidity and mortality, and high-income countries. We will include full economic evaluations, focusing on cost- effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-minimisation analyses. We will exclude partial economic evaluations, reports, qualitative studies, conference papers, editorials, and systematic reviews. Date restrictions will limit the review to studies published after 2010 and those in English during the study selection process. We will use the modified Drummond checklist to evaluate the quality of each included study. Our findings will adhere to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) 2020 statement. A summary will be provided, including estimated costs, effectiveness, benefits, and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). We also plan to conduct a subgroup analysis. To aid comparability, we will standardise all costs to the United States Dollar, adjusting them to their 2022 value using country specific consumer price index and purchasing power parity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-954212024-08-23T03:54:49Z Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations Haile, Tsegaye G Tessema, Gizachew A Hertzog, Lucas Newnham, Elizabeth Dachew, Berihun Makate, Marshall Background: Despite ongoing efforts, perinatal morbidity and mortality persist across all settings, imposing a dual burden of clinical and economic strain. Besides, the fragmented nature of economic evidence on perinatal health interventions hinders the formulation of effective health policies. Our review aims to comprehensively and critically assess the economic evidence for such interventions in high-income countries, where the balance of health outcomes and fiscal prudence is paramount. Methods and analysis: We will conduct a comprehensive search for studies using databases including EconLit (EBSCO), Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry, Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCO), Global Health (Ovid), and PubMed. Furthermore, we will broaden our search to include Google Scholar and conduct snowballing from the final articles included. The search terms will encompass economic evaluation, perinatal health interventions, perinatal morbidity and mortality, and high-income countries. We will include full economic evaluations, focusing on cost- effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-minimisation analyses. We will exclude partial economic evaluations, reports, qualitative studies, conference papers, editorials, and systematic reviews. Date restrictions will limit the review to studies published after 2010 and those in English during the study selection process. We will use the modified Drummond checklist to evaluate the quality of each included study. Our findings will adhere to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) 2020 statement. A summary will be provided, including estimated costs, effectiveness, benefits, and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). We also plan to conduct a subgroup analysis. To aid comparability, we will standardise all costs to the United States Dollar, adjusting them to their 2022 value using country specific consumer price index and purchasing power parity. 2024 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95421 10.1371/journal.pone.0306557 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Public Library of Science (PLoS) fulltext
spellingShingle Haile, Tsegaye G
Tessema, Gizachew A
Hertzog, Lucas
Newnham, Elizabeth
Dachew, Berihun
Makate, Marshall
Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title_full Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title_fullStr Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title_full_unstemmed Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title_short Cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
title_sort cost-effectiveness and benefits of perinatal health interventions in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95421