ArticleMaternal and child health journal2006
The business case for preconception care: methods and issues.
Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preconception health interventions delivered in public health and community settings: A systematic review.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2017Pooled it
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Trial
- Organisation, Financing, and Implementation of Preconception Care in Primary Care: Implications for Women's Health and Well-Being.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prepregnancy Lifestyle Risk Factors in Women Seeking Digital Fertility Services: Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Investigating the pathways from preconception care to preventing maternal, perinatal and child mortality: A scoping review and causal loop diagram.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Beyond Contraception: Pharmacist Roles to Support Maternal Health.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Early Pregnancy Cardiovascular Health and Subclinical Atherosclerosis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- Time Costs for Genetic Counseling in Preconception Carrier Screening with Genome Sequencing.Journal of genetic counseling · 2018Article
- Preventable health and cost burden of adverse birth outcomes associated with pregestational diabetes in the United States.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2015 · on this mapArticle
- Preconception healthcare delivery at a population level: construction of public health models of preconception care.Maternal and child health journal · 2014Review
- The missing link in preconceptional care: the role of comparative effectiveness research.Maternal and child health journal · 2013Article
- Prenatal care utilization in Mississippi: racial disparities and implications for unfavorable birth outcomes.Maternal and child health journal · 2011Article
- Core state preconception health indicators: a voluntary, multi-state selection process.Maternal and child health journal · 2011Article
- Public finance policy strategies to increase access to preconception care.Maternal and child health journal · 2006Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Only a limited number of economic evaluations have addressed the costs and benefits of preconception care. In order to persuade health care providers, payers, or purchasers to become actively involved in promoting preconception care, it is important to demonstrate the value of doing so through development of a "business case". Perceived benefits in terms of organizational reputation and market share can be influential in forming a business case. In addition, it is standard to include an economic analysis of financial costs and benefits from the perspective of the provider practice, payer, or purchaser in a business case. The methods, data needs, and other issues involved with preparing an economic analysis of the likely financial return on investment in preconception care are presented here. This is accompanied by a review or case study of economic evaluations of preconception care for women with recognized diabetes. Although the data are not sufficient to draw firm conclusions, there are indications that such care may yield positive financial benefits to health care organizations through reduction in maternal and infant hospitalizations. More work is needed to establish how costs and economic benefits are distributed among different types of organizations. Also, the optimum methods of delivering preconception care for women with diabetes need to be evaluated. Similar assessments should also be conducted for other forms of preconception care, including comprehensive care.
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