Does prevention of cardiovascular diseases lead to decreased cost of illness? Twenty years of experience from Finland

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-226

  Kiiskinen, Urpo ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Pekurinen, Markku ^b   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Health Services Research Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; cost of illness; prevention strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031105378     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0131     Document Type: Article

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