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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Are lifestyle interventions in primary care cost-effective? - an analysis based on a markov model, differences-in-differences approach and the Swedish björknäs study.

Författare

  • Sanjib Saha
  • Katarina Steen Carlsson
  • Ulf Gerdtham
  • Margareta K Eriksson
  • Lars Hagberg
  • Mats Eliasson
  • Pia Johansson

Summary, in English

Lifestyle interventions affect patients' risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MeSy), a pre-stage to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and related complications. An effective lifestyle intervention is the Swedish Björknäs intervention, a 3-year randomized controlled trial in primary care for MeSy patients. To include future disease-related cost and health consequences in a cost-effectiveness analysis, a simulation model was used to estimate the short-term (3-year) and long-term (lifelong) cost-effectiveness of the Björknäs study.

Avdelning/ar

  • Hälsoekonomi
  • Nationalekonomiska institutionen
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

PLoS ONE

Volym

8

Issue

11

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Ämne

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Health Economics

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1932-6203