Influences |
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Societal | Frequency of the disease |
| Nature of the disease |
| Perception of the disease |
| Individual and societal costs of the disease |
Technical | Strength of epidemiological or clinical evidence of cause/effect |
| Identification of risk factors amenable to manipulation |
| Availability of efficacious technical or organisational means of reducing important risk factors |
| Availability of effective methods of secondary prevention |
Business | Frequency of the disease |
| Impact on consumers |
| Public reputation |
| Economic costs of the disease |
| Efficiency and effectiveness of technical or organisational means of reducing important risk factors |
| Effects on competitiveness |
| Influence of employee or consumer organisations |