Sophie Gottschalk, Hans-Helmut König, Andrea Weber, Michael F Leitzmann, Michael J Stein, Annette Peters, Claudia Flexeder, Lilian Krist, Stefan N Willich, Katharina Nimptsch, Tobias Pischon, Sylvia Gastell, Karen Steindorf, Florian Herbolsheimer, Nina Ebert, Karin B Michels, Anja Dorrn, Volker Harth, Nadia Obi, André Karch, Henning Teismann, Henry Völzke, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Leon Klimeck, Teresa L Seum, Judith Dams
BACKGROUND: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases posing a significant economic burden to healthcare systems and societies. The study aimed to examine the differences in healthcare and indirect costs between sufficient and insufficient PA and the cost differences between PA intensity groups. METHODS: The cross-sectional analysis was based on data from 157,648 participants in the baseline examination of the German National Cohort (NAKO) study...
May 10, 2024: European Journal of Health Economics: HEPAC: Health Economics in Prevention and Care