A cost-minimisation analysis of performing point-of-care ultrasonography on patients with vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy in general practice: a decision analytical model

• Main Authors: Swaathi Kiritharan (Author), Mille Vang Johanson (Author), Martin Bach Jensen (Author), Janus Nikolaj Laust Thomsen (Author), Camilla Aakjær Andersen (Author), Cathrine Elgaard Jensen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Spotting and light vaginal bleeding are common and usually harmless symptoms in early pregnancy. Still, vaginal bleeding may be the first sign of an abortion and often causes distress to pregnant women and leads to an expectation of an ultrasonography examination of the uterus. A...