A lesson in business: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel financial incentive intervention for increasing physical activity in the workplace

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dallat, Mary Anne T ^a,b   Hunter, Ruth F ^a   Tully, Mark A ^a   Cairns, Karen J ^a   Kee, Frank ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Financial incentives; Physical activity; Workplace intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REWARD; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; REWARD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84885126089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-953     Document Type: Article

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