• 1. School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;
  • 2. China PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100837, China;
TANGXiao-jun, Email: tangxiaoj0726@qq.com
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Objective To comprehensively review the status quo, contents, and problems of health technology assessments (HTAs) on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in Chinese rural. Methods The CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data and CBM databases were searched for the HTAs on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in Chinese rural up to October 31st, 2013. Two reviewers independently screened literatures and extracted data, and then the qualitative method was used to systematically analyze the literatures' information and results. Results A total of 34 studies were included. Of which, 23 were descriptive studies and 11 were experimental studies. The studied populations were patients and ordinary residents who had received the service of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases health technology in rural, as well as the grassroots medical technical personnel and promotion staffs who had developed the health technologies. HTAs on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in rural mainly included western medicine health technologies and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) health technologies. The contents of HTA of the included literatures mainly included:effectiveness, acceptability, requirements, economic characteristics, safety and technical specific property. The results of the included literatures showed that the type of diseases involved in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in rural were not widely enough, the fields involved in assessment contents were single, lack of rigorous and comprehensive study design. Conclusion We need more HTAs of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in rural, we also need to strengthen early prevention, promote a wider range of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases health technology, strengthen promotion and application of both TCM health technologies and the combination of TCM and western medicine health technologies in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Citation: JINYa-na, LENGBing, ZHANGFan, LIUQin, QIUJing-fu, TANGXiao-jun, YINLing. Health Technology Assessments on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases among Rural China: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(3): 276-281. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150048 Copy

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