Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Are the Criteria Proposed by the International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups Cost-Effective?

• DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1643
• Publication Date: 2012-01-21T07:57:38Z
• Authors: Erika F. Werner; Christian M. Pettker; Lisa Zuckerwise; Michael Reel; Edmund F. Funai; Janice Henderson; Stephen F. Thung
• Keywords: Diabetes in pregnancy

The International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) recently recommended new criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study was undertaken to determine whether adopting IADPSG would be cost-effective, compared with current standard care.