Is the cost‐effectiveness of an early‐childhood sleep intervention to prevent obesity affected by socioeconomic position?
Authors' conclusion
An infant sleep intervention is more cost-effective in low- and mid-SEP groups compared with high-SEP groups. Targeting this intervention to low-SEP groups would not require trade-offs between efficiency and equity.
Study context
- Population
- Representative cohort of 4- to 5-year-old Australian children; Socioeconomic position (SEP)-specific intervention costs and effects at age 5 years from the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) trial; QALYs and health care costs simulated until age 17 yearssimulated cohort
- Participants
- 4,898 participants
- Comparison
- Infant sleep intervention, by socioeconomic position
- Outcome
- Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (Australian dollars per quality-adjusted life year gained) by SEP group
- Follow-up
- Simulated until age 17 years
Methodological detailsSEP-specific economic evaluation, purpose-built SEP-specific simulation model
- SEP-specific economic evaluation
- Purpose-built SEP-specific simulation model
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, AUD per quality-adjusted life year gained
Low-SEP
$23,010
Australian dollars per QALY gained
Mid-SEP
$18,206
Australian dollars per QALY gained
High-SEP
$31,981
Australian dollars per QALY gained
Further findings
- Probability that the intervention was cost-effective — High-SEP
- 79%
- Probability that the intervention was cost-effective — Probability cost-effective in low- and mid-SEP groups (very high)
- 92%-100%
Original publication
Is the cost‐effectiveness of an early‐childhood sleep intervention to prevent obesity affected by socioeconomic position? Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 5 December 2022. doi:10.
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