Cost of behavioral weight loss programs implemented in clinical practice: The POWER trial at Johns Hopkins

Cost of behavioral weight loss programs implemented in clinical practice: The POWER trial at Johns Hopkins

Obesity presents an important public health problem that affects more than a third of the U.S. adult population and that is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and costs. Previously, we documented that two primary care-based weight loss interventions were clinically effective. To encoura...

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Main Authors: Appel, L.J (Author), Charleston, J. (Author), Clark, J.M (Author), Coughlin, J.W (Author), Dalcin, A.T (Author), Daumit, G.L (Author), Durkin, N. (Author), Frick, K.D (Author), Janssen, E.M (Author), Jerome, G.J (Author), Louis, T.A (Author), Miller, E.R (Author), Wang, N.-Y (Author), Yeh, H.-C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
Subjects:
adult
Adult
Article
behavior therapy
Behavior Therapy
Behavioral weight loss intervention
body weight
body weight loss
clinical practice
conceptual framework
controlled study
Cost analysis
cost benefit analysis
cost effectiveness analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
DASH diet
economic evaluation
empirical research
female
health care cost
health care planning
human
Humans
intervention study
major clinical study
male
multicenter study
obese patient
obesity
Obesity
Overweight
patient counseling
primary medical care
priority journal
public health problem
randomized controlled trial
reimbursement
sensitivity analysis
Student t test
support group
treatment duration
uncertainty
univariate analysis
Weight Loss
weight loss program
Weight Reduction Programs
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