The economic case for digital interventions for eating disorders among United States college students

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 250-258

  Kass, Andrea E ^a   Balantekin, Katherine N ^b   Fitzsimmons Craft, Ellen E ^b   Jacobi, Corinna ^c   Wilfley, Denise E ^b   Taylor, C Barr ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; cost effectiveness; online; prevention; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIGITAL INTERVENTION; EATING DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ONLINE GUIDED SELF HELP INTERVENTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEPPED CARE MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SELF CARE; STUDENTS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85011685212     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22680     Document Type: Article

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