Health-Economic Evaluation of Psychological Interventions for Anxiety Prevention: A Systematic Review

Patricia Moreno-Peral1, Sonia Conejo-Cerón1, Ben Wijnen1

  • 1IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Málaga, Spain (Moreno-Peral, Conejo-Cerón); Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid (Moreno-Peral, Conejo-Cerón); Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment (Moreno-Peral) and Department of Public Health and Psychiatry (Bellón), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Centre of Economic Evaluation and Machine Learning, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Wijnen, Lokkerbol, Smit); Barcelona Agency of Public Health, Community Health Service, and Center for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain (Fernández); Department of Clinical Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Smit); El Palo Health Centre, Health District of Primary Care Málaga-Guadalhorce, Málaga, Spain (Bellón).

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