Economic evaluation of alternative management methods of first-trimester miscarriage based on results from the MIST trial
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OBJECTIVES: To compare the cost-effectiveness of alternative management methods of first-trimester miscarriage. DESIGN: Economic evaluation conducted alongside a large randomised controlled trial (the MIST trial). SETTING: Early pregnancy assessment units of seven participating hospitals in southern England. SAMPLE: A total of 1200 women with a confirmed pregnancy of less than 13 weeks of gestation with a diagnosis of incomplete miscarriage or missed miscarriage. METHODS: Random allocation to expectant management, medical management or surgical management. Collection of health service and broader resource use data, unit costs for each resource item and clinical outcomes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Costs (pounds, 2001-02 prices) to the health service, social services, women, carers and wider society during the first 8 weeks postrandomisation. Cost-effectiveness estimates, expressed in terms of incremental cost per gynaecological infection prevented; cost-effectiveness acceptability curves presented at alternative willingness-to-pay thresholds for preventing gynaecological infection. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the incidence of gynaecological infection between groups. The net societal cost per woman was estimated at 1086.20 pounds in the expectant group, 1410.40 pounds in the medical group and 1585.30 pounds in the surgical group. Expectant management had a 97.8% probability of being the most cost-effective management method at a willingness-to-pay threshold of 10,000 pounds for preventing one gynaecological infection, while medical management had a 2.2% probability of being the most cost-effective management method. Expectant management retained the highest probability of being the most cost-effective management method at all willingness-to-pay thresholds of less than 70,000 pounds for preventing one gynaecological infection. CONCLUSIONS: Expectant and medical management of first-trimester miscarriage possess significant economic advantages over traditional surgical management.
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A nationwide population-based birth cohort study in Japan found an increased risk of placental adhesions and uterine infection in women with recurrent pregnancy loss.
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- Authors
- Petrou, S., Trinder, J., Brocklehurst, P., & Smith, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- St Michael's Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Petrou, S
- Venue
- BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-07-18
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 879-889
- ISSN
- 0306-5456 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-0328
- 1471-0528
- OpenAlex
- W2100147563
- Cited by
- 87
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- 34
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- FWCI
- 4.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Keywords
- first-trimester miscarriage, expectant management, medical management, surgical management, cost-effectiveness, gynecologic infections, missed abortion, incomplete abortion, resource utilization (health care), social costs
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Spontaneous, Cost-Benefit Analysis, England, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Prenatal Care, Health Care Costs
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