Lifestyle Medicine and Economics
A Proposal for Research Priorities Informed by a Case Series of Disease Reversal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kara A Livingston (0000-0003-0998-1178), Kelly Freeman (0000-0001-9429-0886, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), Susan M Friedman (0000-0003-0876-9888, University of Rochester), Ron Stout, Liana Lianov (0000-0002-7787-3198), David Drozek (0000-0003-0108-8182, Ohio University), Jamie Shallow, Dexter Shurney (0000-0001-6880-0467), Padmaja Patel (Midland College), Thomas M Campbell (0000-0003-4449-8229, University of Rochester Medicine), Kaitlyn Pauly (0000-0002-7685-5692), Kathryn J Pollard (0000-0003-0481-061X), Micaela C Karlsen (0000-0002-9365-151X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 11364-11364 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph182111364 |
| PMID | 34769879 |
| OpenAlex | W3209962536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Chronic disease places an enormous economic burden on both individuals and the healthcare system, and existing fee-for-service models of healthcare prioritize symptom management, medications, and procedures over treating the root causes of disease through changing health behaviors. Value-based care is gaining traction, and there is a need for value-based care models that achieve the quadruple aim of (1) improved population health, (2) enhanced patient experience, (3) reduced healthcare costs, and (4) improved work life and decreased burnout of healthcare providers. Lifestyle medicine (LM) has the potential to achieve these four aims, including promoting health and wellness and reducing healthcare costs; however, the economic outcomes of LM approaches need to be better quantified in research. This paper demonstrates proof of concept by detailing four cases that utilized an intensive, therapeutic lifestyle intervention change (ITLC) to dramatically reverse disease and reduce healthcare costs. In addition, priorities for lifestyle medicine economic research related to the components of quadruple aim are proposed, including conducting rigorously designed research studies to adequately measure the effects of ITLC interventions, modeling the potential economic cost savings enabled by health improvements following lifestyle interventions as compared to usual disease progression and management, and examining the effects of lifestyle medicine implementation upon different payment models
Alternative medicine · Business · Disease · Disease management · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health economics · Health management system · Lifestyle medicine · Payment · Population · Population health · Psychological intervention · Public health · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Finance
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |