Cost-effectiveness calculators for health, well-being and safety promotion: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health, well-being and safety of the general population are important goals for society, but forecasting outcomes and weighing up the costs and benefits of effective promotional programmes is challenging. This study aimed to identify and describe the cost-effectiveness calculators that analyze interventions that promote health, well-being and safety.

Methods

Our systematic review used the CINAHL, PsycINFO, SocINDEX, EconLit, PubMed and Scopus databases to identify peer-reviewed studies published in English between January 2010 and April 2020. The data were analyzed with narrative synthesis.

Results

The searches identified 6880 papers and nine met our eligibility and quality criteria. All nine calculators focussed on interventions that promoted health an

SUBMITTER: Hult M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature