Potential cost‐effectiveness of e‐health interventions for treating overweight and obesity in Australian adolescents
Authors' conclusion
E-health interventions for treatment of adolescent overweight and obesity demonstrate very good cost-effectiveness potential and should be considered by healthcare decision makers. However, further research on the efficacy of such interventions is warranted to strengthen the case for investment.
Study context
- Population
- Australian adolescents with overweight and obesity
- Comparison
- Hypothetical e-health intervention vs 'do-nothing' approach
- Outcome
- ICER (cost per QALY)
- Follow-up
- Lifetime
Methodological detailsmicro-simulation model, lifetime time horizon, hypothetical intervention, bootstrapping, one-way sensitivity analyses
- Micro-simulation model
- Lifetime time horizon
- Hypothetical intervention
- Bootstrapping
- One-way sensitivity analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ICER
- Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for e-health intervention vs do-nothing
- dominant (cheaper and more effective)
- Probability of being cost-effective at willingness-to-pay (WTP) of $50 000/QALY
- 96%
Further findings
One-way sensitivity analyses
- Probability of cost-effectiveness at WTP of $50 000/QALY with lower-bound effect size
- 51%
- ICER remained dominant in all sensitivity analyses except lower bounds of intervention effect size
Original publication
Potential cost‐effectiveness of e‐health interventions for treating overweight and obesity in Australian adolescents. Pediatr Obes. Published 17 January 2023. doi:10.
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