Impact and cost-effectiveness of a universal strategy to promote physical activity in primary care: Population-based Cohort study and Markov model

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-351

  Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Bhattarai, Nawaraj ^a   Charlton, Christopher ^b   Rudisill, Caroline ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Coronary heart disease; Cost effectiveness; Depression; Diabetes; Markov model; Outcomes; Physical activity; Primary care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84905993847     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0477-0     Document Type: Article

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