BMJ  2005;330 (26 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7493.0-b

... but nurse led secondary prevention clinics do seem to be cost effective

Nurse led clinics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care seem to be cost effective compared with most interventions in health care. In a cost effectiveness analysis of 1343 patients randomised to nurse led secondary prevention clinics or no intervention in 19 general practices in north east Scotland, Raftery and colleagues (p 707) found that, during the four year follow-up, 28 fewer patients died in the intervention group at an increased cost to primary care of £136 per patient.

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Cost effectiveness of nurse led secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease in primary care: follow up of a randomised controlled trial

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