Cost-effectiveness of the SLIMMER diabetes prevention intervention in Dutch primary health care: economic evaluation from a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although evidence is accumulating that lifestyle modification may be cost-effective in patients with prediabetes, information is limited on the cost-effectiveness of interventions implemented in public health and primary health care settings. Evidence from well-conducted pragmatic trials is needed to gain insight into the realistic cost-effectiveness of diabetes prevention interventions in real-world settings. The aim of this study is to assess the cost-effectiveness of the SLIMMER lifestyle intervention targeted at patients at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with usual health care in a primary care setting in the Netherlands.

Methods

Three hundred and sixteen high-risk subjects were randomly assigned to the SLIMMER lifestyle intervention or to us

SUBMITTER: Duijzer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849241 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature