ArticleCost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E2010
Cost-effectiveness of injury prevention - a systematic review of municipality based interventions.
Article in Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Cost-effectiveness of surgery in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.World journal of surgery · 2014Pooled it
- Incidence and direct medical costs of child injuries in Lebanon (2012-2016): Evidence from closed insurance claims analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Self-reported injuries among Canadian adolescents: rates and key correlates.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022Article
- Assessing the Return on Investment of Injury Prevention Procedures in Professional Football.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- The Economic and Social Burden of Traumatic Injuries: Evidence from a Trauma Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Current concepts and future approaches to vestibular rehabilitation.Journal of neurology · 2016Review
- The cost of injury and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries: a review of economic evidence.Health policy and planning · 2014Review
- Is a single item stress measure independently associated with subsequent severe injury: a prospective cohort study of 16,385 forest industry employees.BMC public health · 2014Article
- An injury awareness education program on outcomes of juvenile justice offenders in Western Australia: an economic analysis.BMC health services research · 2012Article
- Informing road traffic intervention choices in South Africa: the role of economic evaluations.Global health actionArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInjuries are a major cause of mortality and morbidity which together result in avoidable societal costs. Due to limited resources, injury prevention interventions need to demonstrate cost-effectiveness to justify their implementation. However, the existing knowledge in this area is limited. Consequently, a systematic review is needed to support decision-making and to assist in the targeting of future research. The aim of this review is to critically appraise the published economic evidence of injury prevention interventions at the municipal level.
methodsA search strategy was developed to focus a literature search in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and NHS EED. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they were economic evaluations of injury prevention interventions that could be implemented by municipalities; had a relevant comparison group; did not include any form of medication or drug use; and were assessed as having at least an acceptable quality from an economic point of view. Articles were screened in three steps. In the final step, studies were critically appraised using a check-list based on Drummond's check-list for assessing economic evaluations.
resultsOf 791 potential articles 20 were accepted for inclusion. Seven studies showed net savings; four showed a cost per health score gained; six showed both savings and a cost per health score gained but for different time horizons and populations; and three showed no effect. The interventions targeted a range of areas such as traffic safety, fire safety, hip fractures, and sport injuries. One studied a multi-targeted community-based program. Only six articles used effectiveness data generated within the study.
conclusionsThe results indicate that there are injury prevention interventions that offer good use of societal resources. However, there is a lack of economic evidence surrounding injury prevention interventions. This lack of evidence needs to be met by further research about the economic aspects of injury prevention interventions to improve the information available for decision-making.
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