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Cholesterol Efflux Assay
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血清コレステロールレベルを下げるための全人口の教育アプローチの費用対効果
A N Tosteson1, M C Weinstein, M G Hunink
1Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA.
Circulation
|January 7, 1997
まとめ
人口全体にわたるプログラムは,血清コレステロールレベルを効果的に低下させ,生命と資源を救います. これらの費用対効果の高い公衆衛生戦略は,冠動脈疾患の減少に不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
- 心血管疾患の予防 心血管疾患の予防
背景:
- 血清コレステロールは,冠動脈疾患 (CHD) の重要な危険因子です.
- 集団全体の介入は,リスク因子改変のスケーラブルなアプローチを提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国成人の血清コレステロールを下げるための全人口の戦略の費用対効果を推定する.
- コレステロールの低下をターゲットとした公衆衛生イニシアチブの経済的影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 冠動脈疾患政策モデルを用いた費用対効果分析.
- スタンフォード3コミュニティ研究と北カレリアプロジェクトを含む文献から合成されたデータ.
- 集団全体のプログラムにモデル化された介入で,平均2%の血清コレステロールの低下を図った.
主要な成果:
- スタンフォード・ファイブ・シティ・プロジェクトを反映した全人口規模のプログラムは,年間一人当たり4.95ドルです.
- この介入により,推定費用は3200ドルで,寿命1年を節約することが予測されています.
- プログラムが既存の心臓病または他のリスク要因を有する個人をターゲットにすると,利益が強化されます.
結論:
- 全人口のコレステロール低下プログラムは,費用対効果の高い公衆衛生の介入です.
- これらの戦略は,冠動脈疾患と闘うための国家保健計画に統合されるべきである.
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