Routine screening for postnatal depression not cost effective

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 19:49 in Health & Medicine

Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - do not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.

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