Table 3

Study focus

Focus

Diagnosis

Prevention

Treatment

Number of papers*

Nutritional

1

3

6

8

Cardiovascular

1

4

4

Neuropsychiatric

1

1

3

4

Cancer

3

1

1

3

Injury/Trauma

1

3

3

Digestive

1

2

2

Genitourinary

1

1

2

Respiratory

2

2

Sense organ

2

2

Congenital abnormalities

1

1

Diabetes

1

1

Muskoskeletal

1

1

Oral health

1

1

Other surgical

1

1

Number of Papers*

7

8

23

* Some papers performed multiple analyses. Therefore, the presentation of results may suggest that there are more than 32 papers, which is not the case. For this reason the sum of rows and columns does not always equal the number of papers.

Mulligan et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2006 4:7   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-4-7