title: Problems and prospects in the economic evaluation of antenatal care.
abstract: Economic evaluations can be used to compare alternative antenatal care programs in terms of cost and outcome. The cost of routine antenatal care is small compared to the total cost associated with pregnancy and childbirth. The main problem in economic evaluations is related to outcome measurement.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute for Hospital Research, Trondheim.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buhaug
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009664:Norway; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000191:economics*; D015397:Program Evaluation