Cost-effectiveness evaluation of the 45-49 year old health check versus usual care in Australian general practice: A modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the potential cost-effectiveness of the 45-49 year old health check versus usual care in Australian general practice using secondary data sources.

Method

Risk factor profiles were generated for a hypothetical Australian cohort using data from the National Health Survey. Intervention effects were modelled based on a meta-analysis on risk factor changes in the 5 years after a health check. The Framingham Risk Equation was applied to estimate the 5-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in the health check and usual care group respectively. A Markov model was then constructed to extrapolate long-term CVD outcomes, health care costs and Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in both groups. Health check-related costs, applied to the health check group, wer

SUBMITTER: Si S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226178 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature