期刊
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 34, 期 6, 页码 641-653出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600627853
关键词
cost-benefit analysis; cost-effectiveness analysis; cost-utility analysis; exercise; fitness; health economics; healthcare; intervention; promotion
Aim: This article aims to review current knowledge concerning the cost-effectiveness of healthcare-based interventions aimed at improving physical activity. Method: A search was performed for economic evaluations containing the terms physicalactivity'', exercise'', or fitness''. Cost-effectiveness for the articles found was described based on a model for evaluating interventions intended to promote physical activity. Results: A total of 26 articles were found in the search. Nine of them concern a general population, 7 evaluated older people, and 10 studied disease-specific populations. A preventive perspective is most common, but some have a treatment perspective. Around 20 of the interventions studied were costeffective according to their authors, but all analyses had some shortcomings in their evaluation methods. Conclusion: This review found many examples of cost-effective interventions. There is a lack of evidence for the cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at those whose only risk factor for illness is a sedentary lifestyle. There is more evidence, although it is limited, for the cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at high-risk groups or those who manifest poor health related to physical inactivity. Most of the evidence for cost-effectiveness is for older people and those with heart failure. Promotion of physical activity can be cost-effective with different methods and in different settings, but there remains a lack of evidence for specific methods in specific populations.
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