Cost-effectiveness of a primary care-based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to project the cost-effectiveness of implementing the Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC), a primary care-based intervention for 6- to 12-year-old children with overweight or obesity, at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) nationally.

Methods

We estimated intervention costs from a health care sector and societal perspective and used BMI change estimates from the HWC trial. Our microsimulation of national HWC implementation among all FQHCs from 2023 to 2032 estimated cost per child and per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained and projected impact on obesity prevalence by race and ethnicity. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses assessed uncertainty around estimates.

Results

National implementation is projected to reach 888,000

SUBMITTER: Sharifi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361715 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature