Economic evaluation of an intensive home visiting programme for vulnerable families: a cost-effectiveness analysis of a public health intervention | Zendy

Emma McIntosh | Zendy; Jane Barlow | Zendy; Hilton Davis | Zendy; Sarah StewartBrown | Zendy

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Economic evaluation of an intensive home visiting programme for vulnerable families: a cost-effectiveness analysis of a public health intervention

Author(s) -

Emma McIntosh,

Jane Barlow,

Hilton Davis,

Sarah StewartBrown

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp047

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , medicine , public health , psychological intervention , economic evaluation , cost effectiveness , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , nursing , geography , risk analysis (engineering) , surgery , archaeology , pathology

Recent reviews have shown that home visiting programmes that address parenting have the potential to improve long term health and social outcomes for children. However there are few studies exploring the cost-effectiveness of such interventions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intensive home visiting programme directed at vulnerable families during the antenatal and postnatal periods.

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