Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation

Walker, Kate F.; Dritsaki, M.; Bugg, George; Macpherson, Marion; McCormick, Carol; Grace, Nicky; Wildsmith, Chris; Bradshaw, Lucy; Smith, Gordon C.S.; Thornton, Jim

doi:10.1111/1471-0528.14557

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Induction of labour at 37 weeks for suspected fetal macrosomia may reduce birth trauma (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2017). Induction of labour at 37 weeks for suspected fetal macrosomia may reduce birth trauma. Evidence Based Medicine, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2017-110693

Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, K. F., Dritsaki, M., Bugg, G., Macpherson, M., McCormick, C., Grace, N., …Thornton, J. (2017). Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 124(6), 929-934. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14557

Objective Induction of labour at 39 weeks for nulliparous women aged 35 years and over may prevent stillbirths and does not increase caesarean births, so it may be popular. But the overall costs and benefits of such a policy have not been compared.... Read More about Labour induction near term for women aged 35 or over: an economic evaluation.