Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the cost-effectiveness and population impact of the national implementation of the Study of Technology to Accelerate Research (STAR) intervention for childhood obesity.

Methods

In the STAR cluster-randomized trial, 6- to 12-year-old children with obesity seen at pediatric practices with electronic health record (EHR)-based decision support for primary care providers and self-guided behavior-change support for parents had significantly smaller increases in BMI than children who received usual care. We used a microsimulation model of a national implementation of STAR from 2015 to 2025 among all pediatric primary care providers in the United States with fully functional EHRs to estimate cost, impact on obesity prevalence, and cost-effectiveness.

Result

SUBMITTER: Sharifi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654390 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature