Cost-effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in Syria, 2010–2020

Meredith Wilcox (), Helen Mason, Fouad Fouad, Samer Rastam, Radwan Ali, Timothy Page, Simon Capewell, Martin O’Flaherty and Wasim Maziak

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 1, 23-30

Abstract: This study demonstrated that all policies were cost-saving or cost effective, with the combination of reformulation plus labeling and a comprehensive policy involving all three approaches being the most promising salt reduction strategies to reduce CHD mortality in Syria. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Cost-effectiveness; Salt reduction; Coronary heart disease; CHD; Syria; Eastern Mediterranean Region; EMR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0577-3

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