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Date publication

avril 2015

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr NERICH Virginie , Pr WORONOFF Macha , Pr AUBER Frédéric


Tous les auteurs :
Fotso Kamdem A, Nerich V, Auber F, Jantchou P, Ecarnot F, Woronoff-Lemsi MC

Résumé

PURPOSE: To assess economic evaluation studies (EES) in pediatric surgery and to identify potential factors associated with high-quality studies. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature using PubMed and Cochrane databases was conducted to identify EES in pediatric surgery published between 1 June 1993 and 30 June 2013. Assessment criteria are derived from the Drummond checklist. A high quality study was defined as a Drummond score >/=7. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with high quality studies. RESULTS: 119 studies were included. 43.7% (n=52) of studies were full EES. Cost-effectiveness analysis was the most frequent (61.5%) type of full EES. Only 31.6% of studies had a Drummond score >/=7 and 73% of these were full EES. The factors associated with high quality were identification of costs (OR: 14.08; 95% CI: 3.38-100; p

Référence

J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Apr;50(4):659-87