Journal article
Is doctor referral to a low-energy total diet replacement programme cost-effective for the routine treatment of obesity?
- Abstract:
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ObjectiveThe study objective was to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of a commercially provided low‐energy total diet replacement (TDR) program compared with nurse‐led behavioral support. Methods A multistate life table model and the weight reduction observed in a randomized controlled trial were used to evaluate the quality‐adjusted life‐years and direct health care costs (in United Kingdom 2017 prices) over a lifetime with TDR versus nurse‐led support in adu... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for Health Research
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CollaborationforLeadershipinAppliedHealthResearch
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Cambridge Weight Plan UK Ltd
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Obesity Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 391-398
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-12-06
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1930-739X
- ISSN:
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1930-7381
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pubs:951459
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- pubs:951459
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Kent et al
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- © 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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