A Quasi-Experiment to Assess the Impact of a Scalable, Community-Based Weight Loss Program: Combining Reach, Effectiveness, and Cost

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-31

  Estabrooks, Paul A ^a   Wilson, Kathryn E ^a   McGuire, Todd J ^b   Harden, Samantha M ^c   Ramalingam, NithyaPriya ^c   Schoepke, Lia ^b   Almeida, Fabio A ^a   Bayer, Amy L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IncentaHealth LLC ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral weight Loss; cost; impact; incentives; public health

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLORADO; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 85014515419     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3971-0     Document Type: Article

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