Cost-Effectiveness of a Primary Care-Based Healthy Weight Clinic Compared with Usual Care
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9 2024
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Source: Obesity (Silver Spring). 32(9):1734-1744
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Alternative Title:Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Description:Objective:
To project the cost-effectiveness of implementing the Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC), a primary care-based intervention for 6- to 12-year-old children with overweight/obesity, at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) nationally.
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We estimated intervention costs from a healthcare and societal perspective and used BMI change estimates from the HWC trial. Our microsimulation of national HWC implementation among all FQHCs from 2023–2032 estimated cost per child and per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained, and projected impact on obesity prevalence by race and ethnicity. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses assessed uncertainty around estimates.
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National implementation is projected to reach 888,000 children over 10 years with a mean intervention cost of $456 (95% Uncertainty Interval [UI]: $409; $506) per child to the healthcare sector and $211 ($175, $251) to families (e.g., time participating). Assuming effect maintenance, national implementation could result in 2,070 (859, 3,220) QALYs gained and save $14.6 million ($5.6, $23.5 million) in health care costs over 10 years, yielding a net cost of $278,000 ($177,000, $679,000) per QALY gained. We project greater reductions in obesity prevalence among Hispanic/Latino and Black versus white populations.
Conclusions:
The HWC is relatively low-cost per child and projected to reduce obesity disparities if implemented nationally at FQHCs.
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Pubmed ID:39192764
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11361715
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Volume:32
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Issue:9
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