title: A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to prevent post-caesarian surgical site infection
creator: Martin, Elizabeth Kate
subject: Cost-effectiveness
subject: Caesarean section
subject: Surgical site infection
subject: Decision-making
subject: Economic evaluation
subject: Healthcare association infection
subject: Health services research
subject: Healthcare variation
subject: Evidence-based practice
subject: Cost-utility
description: In this thesis, the best ways of preventing surgical site infection following caesarean section were identified. A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted to inform clinical decision makers of whether moving to evidence-based practice was value for money. The research was an important step in raising the profile of surgical site infections following caesarean section, and identifying the large and unwarranted variation in surgical practice at caesarean section in Australia. The research also introduced an economic evaluation framework to maternity health care, which is a service that continues to be costly and high-volume.
publisher: Queensland University of Technology
date: 2017
type: Thesis
format: application/pdf
relation: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115015/1/115015_8913773_elizabeth_martin_thesis.pdf
relation: DOI:10.5204/thesis.eprints.115015
relation:    Martin, Elizabeth Kate   (2017)   A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to prevent post-caesarian surgical site infection.  PhD  thesis,   Queensland University of Technology.   
id_number: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115015/
identifier: Faculty of Health; School of Public Health & Social Work