@article{ref1,
title="Cost-effectiveness of multifactorial interventions in preventing falls among elderly population: a systematic review",
journal="Bulletin of emergency and trauma",
year="2021",
author="Alipour, Vahid and Azami-Aghdash, Saber and Rezapour, Aziz and Derakhshani, Naser and Ghiasi, Akbar and Yusefzadeh, Neghar and Taghizade, Sanaz and Amuzadeh, Sahar",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="159-168",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To review the cost-effectiveness of multifactorial interventions to prevent falls in elderly people. <br><br>METHODS: In this systematic review, the databases including PubMed via MEDLINE, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar (from 1st January 2000 to 30(th) February) were used. All pre-reviewed articles related to cost-effectiveness analysis of multifactorial interventions to prevent falls in elderly were included in this paper and congresses abstracts were excluded. Descriptive statistics were used for quantitative data and content-analysis method to analyze qualitative data. <br><br>RESULTS: Out of the 456 articles, 19 were finally included in the study. Eighteen articles were conducted in High-Income Countries (HICs) and 16 were at the community level. Medical visits consultation and education were the most common interventions. Most studies were cost-effectiveness and using the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) methods. A fall of prevention costs ranged from $ 272 to $ 987. Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) interventions also ranged from the US $ 120,667 to the US $ 4280.9. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results show that despite the high effectiveness of multifactorial interventions to prevent elderly falls, the cost of the interventions are high and they are not very cost-effective. It would be better to design and implement multifactorial interventions with low cost and high effectiveness that are appropriate for each country.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2322-2522",
doi="10.30476/BEAT.2021.84375.1068",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.30476/BEAT.2021.84375.1068"
}