The cost-effectiveness of improved brief interventions for tobacco cessation in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study estimated the cost-effectiveness of four strategies enhancing the quality and accessibility of Brief Intervention (BI) service for smoking cessation in Thailand during 2022-2030: (1) current-BI (status quo), (2) the effective-training standard-BI, (3) the current-BI plus the village health volunteers (VHV) mobilization, and (4) the effective-training BI plus VHV mobilization.

Methods

By interviewing five public health officers, nine healthcare professionals aiding these services, and fifteen BI service experts, we explored the status quo situation of the Thai smoking cessation service system, including main activities, their quantity assumptions, and activities' unit prices needed to operate the current cessation service system. Then, we modeled additio

SUBMITTER: Palakai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701387 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature