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Table 2 Interventions by prevention category

From: The economics of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease – a systematic review of economic evaluations

 

Overall (n = 195)

No. (%) of studies

% of studies within category

Health Promotion

20 (10)

100

   Education

7 (4)

35

   Advertising

4 (2)

20

   Legislation

8 (4)

40

   Other Health Promotion*

1 (1)

5

Screening

5 (3)

100

Clinical Prevention

170 (87)

100

   Health Education

35 (18)

21

   Pharmacotherapy

110 (56)

65

   Surgery

1 (0.4)

1

   Practitioner Education

13 (7)

8

   Screening and Clinical Intervention

11 (6)

7

  1. * Summarized over extracted categories