Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
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
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
Fulltext
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Länkar
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