Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence.

List of abbreviations Executive summary Description of proposed service Epidemiology and background Objective Methods Results Limitations of the calculations Other important issues regarding implications Implications for practice Recommendations for further research Chapter 1 Background Description of underlying health problem Epidemiology and natural history Significance in terms of ill health Description of interventions Criteria for treatment Containment options Chapter 2 Aims and objectives Chapter 3 Definition of the decision problem Descriptions of the patient treatment pathways Chapter 4 Identification of outcomes of importance to women with stress urinary incontinence Introduction Methods Results Summary Conclusion Chapter 5 Methods for reviewing clinical effectiveness Inclusion and exclusion criteria Search methods for identification of studies Data collection and analysis Chapter 6 Description of studies Results of the search Risk of bias in included studies Characteristics of included studies Chapter 7 Assessment of clinical effectiveness Comparison with no treatment and variation within comparators Comparison between different treatments: single modality Comparison between different treatments: dual modality Summary Chapter 8 Mixed-treatment comparisons (direct and indirect) Introduction The data The model Bayesian terminology Re ults Discussion Summary Chapter 9 Assessment of cost-eff ct v ness Methods Results of the model presented in terms of costs and consequences Cost–utility analysis based upon cure rates Results based upon improvement rates Summ ry of results Chapter 10 Discussion Main results Strengths, assumptions, limitations and uncertainties Chapter 11 Conclusions Implicatio s for he NHS Implications f r women Fu ther resea ch Summary of conclusions Contribution of authors