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Cost-effectiveness of tailored print communication, telephone motivational interviewing, and a combination of the two: results of an economic evaluation alongside the Vitalum randomized controlled trial

Hilde M van Keulen1*, Judith E Bosmans2, Maurits W van Tulder2, Johan L Severens3,4, Hein de Vries1, Johannes Brug5 and Ilse Mesters6

Author Affiliations

1 School for Public Health and Primary Care (Caphri), Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

2 Department of Health Sciences and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

3 Institute for Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

4 School for Public Health and Primary Care (Caphri), Department of Health Organization, Policy, and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

5 EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

6 School for Public Health and Primary Care (Caphri), Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7:64 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-7-64

Published: 3 September 2010

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Total fixed costs (in euros) per intervention group in Vitalum. Notes TPC = tailored print communication; TMI = telephone motivational interviewing; combined = combination of TPC and TMI.

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