Cost-effectiveness of breech version by acupuncture-type interventions on BL 67, including moxibustion, for women with a breech foetus at 33 weeks gestation: A modelling approach

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-77

  van den Berg, Ineke ^a,c   Kaandorp, Guido C ^a   Bosch, Johanna L ^a   Duvekot, Johannes J ^a   Arends, Lidia R ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Clinic for Complementary Medicine Rodenrijs   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breech; Cephalic version; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Moxa; Moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOXIBUSTION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOXIBUSTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 77952426369     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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