Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity: an Australian example. | Cadilhac et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2011 8 99 http content 8 1 99 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY RESEARCH Open Access The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity an Australian example Dominique A Cadilhac1 2 3 4 Toby B Cumming2 Lauren Sheppard3 Dora C Pearce4 Rob Carter3 and Anne Magnus3 Abstract Background Physical inactivity has major impacts on health and productivity. Our aim was to estimate the health and economic benefits of reducing the prevalence of physical inactivity in the 2008 Australian adult population. The economic benefits were estimated as opportunity cost savings which represent resources utilized in the treatment of preventable disease that are potentially available for re-direction to another purpose from fewer incident cases of disease occurring in communities. Methods Simulation models were developed to show the effect of a 10 feasible reduction target for physical inactivity from current Australian levels 70 . Lifetime cohort health benefits were estimated as fewer incident cases of inactivity-related diseases deaths and Disability Adjusted Life Years DALYs by age and sex. Opportunity costs were estimated as health sector cost impacts as well as paid and unpaid production gains and leisure impacts from fewer disease events associated with reduced physical inactivity. Workforce production gains were estimated by comparing surveyed participation and absenteeism rates of physically active and inactive adults and valued using the friction cost approach. The impact of an improvement in health status on unpaid household production and leisure time were modeled from time use survey data as applied to the exposed and non-exposed population subgroups and valued by suitable proxy. Potential costs associated with interventions to increase physical activity were not included. Multivariable uncertainty analyses and univariate sensitivity analyses
