Physical activity coaching by Australian Exercise Physiologists is cost effective for patients referred from general practice

• Main Authors: Ben Ewald (Author), Fiona Stacey (Author), Natalie Johnson (Author), Ronald C. Plotnikoff (Author), Elizabeth Holliday (Author), Wendy Brown (Author), Erica L. James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Interventions to promote physical activity for sedentary patients seen in general practice may be a way to reduce the burden of chronic disease. Coaching by an exercise physiologist is publicly funded in Australia, but cost effectiveness has not been documented. Methods: In a thr...