In this area , there are examples of good and moderate quality studies which confirm the cost-effectiveness of diverse physical activity interventions in fall prevention .
Background Healthy ageing and health promotion ( HP ) actions for older people have become an important health sector priority .
At the same time , the application of economic evaluation methods in the field of health interventions in order to support allocative decision processes is of growing importance .
The aims of the review were to analyze what the existing evidence is on cost-effectiveness of HP and /or primary prevention ( PP ) programmes for older people whilst providing deeper insight into method ological aspects of such studies , their overall quality and issues related to practical implementation of results .
Cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary fall prevention program in community-dwelling elderly people: a randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN 64716113).
OBJECTIVES Multidisciplinary and multifactorial interventions seem to be effective in preventing falls . We aim ed to assess the cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary fall prevention program compared with usual Dutch healthcare in community-dwelling people 65 years of age or older who experienced a fall . METHODS Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis were performed from a societal perspective . Falls and healthcare utilization were continuously measured for 12 months . Daily functioning and quality of life were measured at baseline , after 4 and 12 months . Bootstrap analyses were performed to estimate uncertainty of the findings and sensitivity analysis to assess the generalizability of assumptions made . RESULTS One hundred sixty-six participants were r and omly allocated to the experimental group and 167 to the control group .  The overall response rate was 74 percent . Healthcare and patient and family costs of both groups were comparable . Our analyses showed no effect of the intervention program on falls , daily functioning , or quality of life measures . CONCLUSIONS The multidisciplinary intervention program to prevent falls was not cost-effective compared with usual care in the Netherl and s. Notwithst and ing our findings , however , falls still have an important impact on society and individuals in terms of costs and effects . Economic evaluations study ing promising interventions to prevent falls , therefore , remain necessary
In this area , there are examples of good and moderate quality studies which confirm the cost-effectiveness of diverse physical activity interventions in fall prevention .
Background Healthy ageing and health promotion ( HP ) actions for older people have become an important health sector priority .
At the same time , the application of economic evaluation methods in the field of health interventions in order to support allocative decision processes is of growing importance .
The aims of the review were to analyze what the existing evidence is on cost-effectiveness of HP and /or primary prevention ( PP ) programmes for older people whilst providing deeper insight into method ological aspects of such studies , their overall quality and issues related to practical implementation of results .