The cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in the morbidly obese adult population of Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine the cost-effectiveness of providing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) surgery to all morbidly obese adults in the 2003 Australian population.

Methods and findings

Analyzed costs and benefits associated with two intervention scenarios, one providing LAGB surgery to individuals with BMI >40 and another to individuals with BMI >35, with each compared relative to a 'do nothing' scenario. A multi-state, multiple cohort Markov model was used to determine the cost-effectiveness of LAGB surgery over the lifetime of each cohort. All costs and health outcomes were assessed from an Australian health sector perspective and were discounted using a 3% annual rate. Uncertainty and sensitivity analyzes were conducted to test the robustness of model outcome

SUBMITTER: Lee YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3661518 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature