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.
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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.
Department/s
- Health Economics
- Department of Economics
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Publication/Series
PLoS ONE
Volume
8
Issue
11
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Topic
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Status
Published
Research group
- Health Economics
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1932-6203