ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018
Evaluating an insurer-based health coaching program: Impact of program engagement on healthcare utilization and weight loss.
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- Use of cost analysis in examinations of health coaching interventions: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- A Technology-Enhanced Medical Nutrition Therapy and Diabetes Self-Management Education for Adults With Disability and Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Telehealth Technologies in Diabetes Self-management and Education.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2024Review
- Health Coaching for Weight Loss Among Overweight and Obese Individuals in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Analysis.Cureus · 2023Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a remotely-delivered behavioural health coaching intervention to limit gestational weight gain.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- Drivers of weight loss in a CDC-recognized digital diabetes prevention program.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2020Article
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Abstract
Insurers and employers are increasingly offering lifestyle and weight-loss coaching programs; however, few evaluations have examined their effectiveness. Our objectives were to determine whether level of program engagement was associated with differences in healthcare utilization and weight pre/post coaching. We conducted a retrospective evaluation of enrollees in an insurer-based telephonic health coaching program in Maryland (2013-2014). Our independent variables were program engagement benchmarks (≥3 and ≥6 sessions). Our dependent variables included change in outpatient and emergency department (ED) visits (more visits post program, fewer visits post, or no change pre-post) and associated costs (difference pre-post) using claims data. We calculated mean percent weight change from baseline. We used multivariate-adjusted linear and multinomial logistic regression, as appropriate, to examine the association between outcomes and engagement benchmarks. We included 225 enrollees with mean age 50.7 years, 81.3% women, and mean body mass index of 35.0 kg/m
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