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Effects of a Lifestyle-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Medical Expenditure in Japanese Adults: A Community-Based Retrospective Study.
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BioMed Research International . 7/14/2016, Vol. 2016, p1-6. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background. This study aimed to investigate whether a lifestyle-based physical activity program could contribute to reduced medical expenditure. Methods. The study participants were 60 adults aged 63.1 (standard deviation, 4.4) years in the intervention group; the case-control group consisted of 300 adults who were randomly selected from Japan’s national health insurance system. This community-based retrospective study incorporated a 3-year follow-up. Results. The total and outpatient medical expenditure in the intervention group were significantly lower than in the control group: total expenditure, $US640.4/year; outpatient expenditure, $369.1/year. The odds ratio for outpatient visiting was 6.47-fold higher in the control than in the intervention group. Conclusion. Our study suggests that a health program to promote physical activity can result in reduced total medical expenditure, outpatient medical expenditure, and possibly also inpatient medical expenditure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MEDICAL care use
*ANALYSIS of variance
*ANTHROPOMETRY
*CHI-squared test
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*EXERCISE
*HEALTH promotion
*JAPANESE people
*RESEARCH methodology
*PROBABILITY theory
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICS
*T-test (Statistics)
*PEDOMETERS
*DATA analysis
*LIFESTYLES
*REPEATED measures design
*ERGOMETRY
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*CASE-control method
*PHYSICAL activity
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
*MANN Whitney U Test
*ECONOMICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23146133
- Volume :
- 2016
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116814749
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7530105