Economic evaluation of URMEL-ICE, a school-based overweight prevention programme comprising metabolism, exercise and lifestyle intervention in children

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-195

  Kesztyüs, Dorothea ^a   Schreiber, Anja ^a   Wirt, Tamara ^a   Wiedom, Martina ^b   Dreyhaupt, Jens ^b   Brandstetter, Susanne ^a,c   Koch, Benjamin ^a   Wartha, Olivia ^a,b   Muche, Rainer ^b   Wabitsch, Martin ^a   Kilian, Reinhold ^b   Steinacker, Jürgen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; Cost effectiveness; Overweight; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TEACHING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84879592758     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-011-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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