@article{b37eddb153d045dc8fa4403c136247f1,
title = "An economic analysis of patient controlled remifentanil and epidural analgesia as pain relief in labour (RAVEL trial); a randomised controlled trial",
abstract = "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 alongside the RAVEL trial. Population Pregnant women of intermediate to high risk beyond 32 weeks gestation who planned vaginal delivery. Methods Women were randomised before the onset of labour, to receive either patient controlled remifentanil or epidural analgesia when pain relief was requested during labour.",
author = "Liv Freeman and Johanna Middeldorp and {van den Akker}, Eline and Martijn Oudijk and Caroline Bax and {van Huizen}, Marloes and Celine Radder and Bianca Fong and Kitty Bloemenkamp and Albert Dahan and Michel Struys and Mol, {Ben Willem} and {van Lith}, Jan and {van den Akker-van Marle}, Elske",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Freeman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0205220",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
pages = "1--13",
journal = "PLoS ONE",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "10",
}