title: Design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of economic evaluation studies in obstetrics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article was to propose guidelines for the design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of economic evaluation studies in obstetrics. Study design We performed a PubMed search of economic evaluation articles to identify those articles that deal with the quality of published economic evaluation studies, the development of guidelines, and the development of checklists/guidelines for the reporting of economic evaluation studies. All other articles were excluded from the review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified 160 articles. We included 8 articles in our review that reported on the quality of published economic analyses, 12 articles that reported on guidelines, and 3 articles that reported on checklists/guidelines that are used by journals. There were 2 articles that dealt with the quality of published economic evaluations in obstetrics and gynecology, both of which showed less than optimal quality. There were only 4 articles that provided some general guidelines for the reporting of economic evaluations in obstetrics and gynecology. We found no articles on any checklist/guidelines for the reporting of economic evaluation studies in obstetrics and gynecology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need to improve the design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of economic evaluation studies in obstetrics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vintzileos
authors.forename: Tryfon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beazoglou
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000592:standards; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000191:economics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*