- Research areas
- Prevention and screening
Prevention and screening
The prevention and the early detection of diseases aims at reducing/ avoiding subsequent interventions. The AIHTA reports critically discuss questions on benefits and potential harms related to prevention strategies and screening interventions.
Research projects
Screening for Colorectal Cancer. Part 2: Health economic evaluations and developments of costs
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project author: Philipp Radlberger, Ingrid Zechmeister
Duration: December 2009 - March 2010
Screening for Colorectal Cancer. Part 1: Screening-Tests and Project Design
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Duration: December 2009 - March 2010, Update: December 2010
Folic acid supplementation
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Irmgard Schiller-Frühwirth
Project co-operation: Tim Johansson, Manuela Göbl, Sonja Reiselhuber
Duration: September 2008 - December 2008
Developing a decision aid on HPV-vaccination for young girls and their parents
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: September 2008- December 2008
Economic evaluation of HPV vaccination in Austria
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: August 2007 - December 2007
Mammography screening. Evidence-based evaluation of mammography-based breast cancer screening programmes
Project lead: Philipp Radlberger
Duration: October 2006 - July 2007
Therapeutic conversation: The effectiveness of intensified physician-patient communication
Project lead: Rosemarie Felder-Puig
Duration: June 2006 - October 2006
Statins: A comparison between predicted and actual effects on population health in Austria - Part II + III
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: 2006-2008
