Comparing behavioral weight loss modalities: Incremental cost-effectiveness of an internet-based versus an in-person condition

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1629-1635

  Krukowski, Rebecca A ^a   Tilford, J Mick ^a   Harvey Berino, Jean ^b   West, Delia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LIFE YEARS GAINED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELETHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YEARS OF LIFE LOST;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79960841154     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.341     Document Type: Article

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