Economic evaluation of early amniotomy in low risk women

8 January 1998

journal article
research article
Published by Mark Allen Group in British Journal of Midwifery

Vol. 6 (1) , 28-32
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.1998.6.1.28

Abstract

The effects of the routine use of early amniotomy to speed up labour have been analysed in a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. In this paper the authors used this data from the systematic review and a survey of costs to analyse the cost consequences of early amniotomy.

Keywords

SURVEY
EARLY AMNIOTOMY
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
AUTHORS USED
LOW RISK
ROUTINE USE
ECONOMIC EVALUATION
COST CONSEQUENCES
RISK WOMEN

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