Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care
Authors' conclusion
The HWC is relatively low-cost per child and projected to reduce obesity disparities if implemented nationally in FQHCs.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 6–12 years with overweight or obesity at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) nationallyprojected reach
- Participants
- 888,000 children
- Comparison
- Healthy Weight Clinic vs usual care
- Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC)n = 888,000
- Outcome
- Cost per child and per QALY gained; projected impact on obesity prevalence by race and ethnicity
- Follow-up
- 10 years
Methodological detailsmicrosimulation, health care sector and societal perspective, probabilistic sensitivity analyses, national implementation 2023–2032
- Microsimulation
- Health care sector and societal perspective
- Probabilistic sensitivity analyses
- National implementation 2023–2032
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean intervention cost per child to health care sector (95% UI $409-$506)
- $456
- Mean cost per child to families (95% UI $175-$251)
- $211
- Quality-adjusted life year (QALYs) gained, assuming effect maintenance
- 2070 (95% UI 859-3220)
- Health care costs saved (95% UI $5.6-$23.5 million)
- $14.6 million
- Net cost per QALY gained (95% CI $177,000-$679,000)
- $278,000
Further findings
Obesity prevalence by race and ethnicity
- Greater projected reductions in obesity prevalence among Hispanic/Latino and Black vs White populations
Original publication
Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 28 August 2024. doi:10.
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