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How cost-effective is it to leave perineal skin unsutured?
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Petrou, Stavros, Gordon, Beverley, Mackrodt, Carolyn, Fern, Elizabeth, Ayers, Sarah, Grant, Adrian, Truesdale, Ann and McCandlish, Rona (2001) How cost-effective is it to leave perineal skin unsutured? British Journal of Midwifery, 9 (4). pp. 209-214. doi:doi:10.12968/bjom.2001.9.4.8898 ISSN 0969-4900.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2001.9.4.8898
Abstract
This paper describes a cost-effectiveness evaluation based on a randomized controlled trial comparing two policies for surgical repair of perineal trauma. Data were collected for 1780 women who were randomly allocated to either a two-stage postpartum perineal repair policy leaving the skin unsutured (n=890) or a three-stage postpartum perineal repair policy that required suturing of the skin (n=890). The two-stage postpartum perineal repair policy was found to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes at 10days and at 3months, without leading to a significant increase in health-care costs. A widespread adoption of a two-stage postpartum perineal repair policy leaving the skin unsutured following perineal trauma is likely to represent a cost-effective use of health-care resources.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Midwifery | ||||
Publisher: | Mark Allen Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0969-4900 | ||||
Official Date: | 2001 | ||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 209-214 | ||||
DOI: | doi:10.12968/bjom.2001.9.4.8898 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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