PMID: 16513898Mar 4, 2006Paper

Religious attendance: more cost-effective than lipitor?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Daniel E Hall

Abstract

A recent meta-analysis demonstrates a robust but small association between weekly religious attendance and longer life. However, the practical significance of this finding remains controversial. Age specific, actuarial death rates were modified according to published odds ratios to model the additional years of life attributable to: (1) weekly religious attendance; (2) regular physical exercise; and (3) statin-type lipid-lowering agents. Secondary analyses estimated the approximate cost for each additional year of life gained. Weekly attendance at religious services accounts for an additional 2 to 3 life-years compared with 3 to 5 life-years for physical exercise and 2.5 to 3.5 life-years for statin-type agents. The approximate cost per life-year gained was between 2,000 dollars and 6,000 dollars for regular exercise, 3,000 dollars and 10,000 dollars for regular religious attendance, and between 4,000 dollars and 14,000 dollars for statin-type agents. The real-world, practical significance of regular religious attendance is comparable to commonly recommended therapies, and rough estimates even suggest that religious attendance may be more cost-effective than statins. Religious attendance is not a mode of medical therapy, but th...Continue Reading

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Dec 24, 2008·Journal of Religion and Health·Daniel E HallHarold G Koenig
Dec 25, 2010·Journal of Religion and Health·Lesli E SkolarusLewis B Morgenstern
Aug 14, 2009·The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences·Elizabeth A CorsentinoDan G Blazer
Dec 5, 2008·International Journal of Epidemiology·Jerry W LeeGary E Fraser
Jul 5, 2011·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Giancarlo LucchettiHarold G Koenig
Jan 12, 2008·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry·A M YohannesM J Connolly
Dec 22, 2017·Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira·Marcelo Saad, Roberta de Medeiros

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