Willingness to pay for a telemedicine-delivered healthy lifestyle programme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effective weight-management interventions require frequent interactions with specialised multidisciplinary teams of medical, nutritional and behavioural experts to enact behavioural change. However, barriers that exist in rural areas, such as transportation and a lack of specialised services, can prevent patients from receiving quality care.

Methods

We recruited patients from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Weight & Wellness Center into a single-arm, non-randomised study of a remotely delivered 16-week evidence-based healthy lifestyle programme. Every 4 weeks, participants completed surveys that included their willingness to pay for services like those experienced in the intervention. A two-item Willingness-to-Pay survey was administered to participants asking about the

SUBMITTER: Rauch VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature