Costs to Implement a Pediatric Weight Management Program Across 3 Distinct Contexts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Connect for Health program is an evidence-based program that aligns with national recommendations for pediatric weight management and includes clinical decision support, educational handouts, and community resources. As implementation costs are a major driver of program adoption and maintenance decisions, we assessed the costs to implement the Connect for Health program across 3 health systems that primarily serve low-income communities with a high prevalence of childhood obesity.

Methods

We used time-driven activity-based costing methods. Each health system (site) developed a process map and a detailed report of all implementation actions taken, aligned with major implementation requirements (eg, electronic health record integration) or strategies (eg, provid

SUBMITTER: Smith NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature