Medical News: Some Exercise Interventions More Cost-Effective than Others - in Primary Care, Exercise & Fitness from MedPage Today

Exercise programs that use pedometers or the mass media to turn patients on to physical activity may be the most cost-effective strategies in terms of health outcomes, researchers found. Physician referrals to exercise physiologists appear to be the least cost-effective, Linda J. Cobiac, MD, of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues reported online in PLoS Medicine. The findings can help policymakers "identify the most cost-effective approaches to decreasing the burden of disease due to physical inactivity, based on the best available evidence," the researchers said. Full Article with List of the Most Cost Effective Strategies Medical News: Some Exercise Interventions More Cost-Effective than Others - in Primary Care, Exercise & Fitness from MedPage Today