Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Community-Based Telewellness Weight Loss Program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of the Koa Family Program, a community-based telewellness weight reduction intervention for overweight and obese women aged 21-45 years with low income. The Koa Family Program resulted in an approximately 8-pound weight loss as demonstrated in an RCT published previously.

Methods

Estimates for the cost-effectiveness were derived from the prospective 25-week RCT including 70 women (25 kg/m²≤BMI<40 kg/m²). The analysis was from a program-funder perspective. Base case costs, as well as low and high scenario costs, were estimated from the services provided to intervention participants. The incremental costs were compared with the incremental effectiveness, with weight loss b

SUBMITTER: Hoch JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832372 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature