Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity | Economic and Epidemiological Evaluations of interventions to reduce the Burden of Disease from Lack of Physical Activity

Gary Ginsberg (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3659184659 / ISBN 13: 9783659184659

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

About this Item

Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity | Economic and Epidemiological Evaluations of interventions to reduce the Burden of Disease from Lack of Physical Activity | Gary Ginsberg (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 76 S. | Englisch | 2015 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659184659 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Seller Inventory # 106376624

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity | Economic and Epidemiological Evaluations of interventions to reduce the Burden of Disease from Lack of Physical Activity
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659184659
• ISBN 13: 9783659184659
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 131 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

About this title

Synopsis

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 or very cost-effective interventions would enable countries to decrease sedentariness, and in consequence reduce health service costs and productivity losses due to absenteeism and lower productivity.

About the Author

Born in UK. Attained DrPH from UNC. Worked for WHO in Geneva. Currently Director of Medical Technology Assessment Sector of the Israeli Ministry of Health. Specialises in evaluating health care interventions using cost-utility analysis. Many recommendations (from his 90+ publications) have been implemented and resulted in the saving of many lives.