An economic analysis of patient controlled remifentanil and epidural analgesia as pain relief in labour (RAVEL trial); a randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs of a strategy of patient controlled remifentanil versus epidural analgesia for pain relief in labour. DESIGN:We performed a multicentre randomised controlled trial in 15 hospitals in the Netherlands, the RAVEL trial. Costs were analysed from a health care perspective a...

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Main Authors: Liv Freeman, Johanna Middeldorp, Eline van den Akker, Martijn Oudijk, Caroline Bax, Marloes van Huizen, Celine Radder, Bianca Fong, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Albert Dahan, Michel Struys, Ben Willem Mol, Jan van Lith, Elske van den Akker-van Marle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6181333?pdf=render