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Korber, K.

Potential transferability of economic evaluations of programs encouraging physical activity in children and adolescents across different countries - a systematic review.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 11, 10606-10621 (2014)
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Physical inactivity is an increasing problem. Owing to limited financial resources, one method of getting information on the cost-effectiveness of different types of prevention programs is to examine existing programs and their results. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the transferability of cost-effectiveness results of physical activity programs for children and adolescents to other contexts. Based on a systematic review of the literature, the transferability of the studies found was assessed using a sub-checklist of the European Network of Health Economic Evaluation Databases (EURONHEED). Thirteen studies of different physical activity interventions were found and analyzed. The results for transferability ranged from “low” to “very high”. A number of different factors influence a program’s cost-effectiveness (i.e., discount rate, time horizon, etc.). Therefore, transparency with regard to these factors is one fundamental element in the transferability of the results. A major point of criticism is that transferability is often limited because of lack of transparency. This paper is the first to provide both an overview and an assessment of transferability of economic evaluations of existing programs encouraging physical activity in children and adolescents. This allows decision makers to gain an impression on whether the findings are transferable to their decision contexts, which may lead to time and cost savings.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Review
Corresponding Author
Keywords Children And Adolescents ; Economic Evaluation ; Health Promotion ; Physical Activity ; Primary Prevention ; Review ; Transferability; Obesity Prevention Program; Cost-effectiveness; Interventions; Health; Illness; Impact; Risk
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1661-7827
e-ISSN 1660-4601
Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Quellenangaben Volume: 11, Issue: 10, Pages: 10606-10621 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher MDPI
Publishing Place Basel, Switzerland
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)