The economics of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - a systematic review of economic evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the quest for public and private resources, prevention continues to face a difficult challenge in obtaining tangible public and political support. This may be partly because the economic evidence in favour of prevention is often said to be largely missing. The overall aim of this paper is to examine whether economic evidence in favour of prevention does exist, and if so, what its main characteristics, weaknesses and strengths are. We concentrate on the evidence regarding primary prevention that targets cardiovascular disease event or risk reduction.

Methods

We conducted a systematic literature review of journal articles published during the period 1995-2005, based on a comprehensive key-word based search in generic and specialized electronic databases, accompan

SUBMITTER: Schwappach DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1876202 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature