Economic Evaluation of the Protecting Teeth @ 3 Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An economic evaluation (EE) was conducted alongside a randomized controlled trial (the Protecting Teeth @ 3 Study [PT@3]), exploring the additional preventive value of fluoride varnish (FV) application at 6-monthly intervals in nursery schools compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in the same nurseries. TAU represented a multicomponent national child oral health improvement intervention, the Childsmile program, apart from nursery FV.

Methods

The EE was a within-trial cost-utility analysis (CUA) comparing the FV and TAU groups. The CUA was conducted from a National Health Service perspective and followed relevant methods guidance. Within-trial costs included intervention costs and health care resource use costs. Health outcomes were expressed in quality-adjusted l

SUBMITTER: Anopa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature