Книга: Gary Ginsberg and Elliot Rosenberg «Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity»

Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity

Производитель: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing"

Physical inactivity (sedentariness) is a serious risk factor for many chronic diseases. Primary preventive interventions based on exercise prescriptions, patient counseling, pedometer use and mass media campaigns, supplied additional quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) at no additional net cost, and thus were cost-saving in an Israeli health care setting. Internet-based campaigns, community programs to increase pedometer use and joint mass-media/community activity campaigns were also cost-saving. Transport programs to encourage walking, paid media advertisements, public relations events with worksite, church, and local organizations, exposure to dedicated websites, supervised group exercise classes, and GP-delivered exercise advice were found to be very cost-effective. In addition, many tertiary interventions assessed for patients with coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis were either cost-saving or very cost-effective. Adopting a variety of these cost-saving... ISBN:9783659184659

Издательство: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" (2012)

ISBN: 9783659184659

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