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Eight‐year Post‐trial Follow‐up of Health Care and Long‐term Care Costs of Tele‐based Health Coaching by Mustonen, Erja; Hörhammer, Iiris; Absetz, Pilvikki; Patja, Kristiina; Lammintakanen, Johanna; Talja, Martti; Kuronen, Risto; Linna, Miika is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of telephone health coaching on health care and long-term care (ltc) costs in type 2 diabetes (t2d) and coronary artery disease (cad) patients. ## Data sources/study setting: Randomized controlled trial (rct) data were linked to finnish national health and social care registries and electronic health records (ehr). post-trial eight-year economic evaluation was conducted. ## Study design: A total of 1,535 patients (≥45 years) were randomized to the intervention (n = 1034) and control groups (n = 501). the intervention group received monthly telephone health coaching for 12 months. usual health care and ltc were provided for both groups. ## Principal findings: Intention-to-treat analysis showed no significant change in total health and long-term care costs (intervention effect €1248 [3 percent relative reduction], ci -6347 to 2217) in the intervention compared to the control group. there were also no significant changes among subgroups of patients with t2d or cad. ## Conclusions: Health coaching had a nonsignificant effect on health care and long-term care costs in the 8-year follow-up among patients with t2d or cad. more research is nee

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Author

Mustonen, Erja; Hörhammer, Iiris; Absetz, Pilvikki; Patja, Kristiina; Lammintakanen, Johanna; Talja, Martti; Kuronen, Risto; Linna, Miika

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0017-9124)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)