Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis of a work-place smoking cessation intervention with and without financial incentives.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To perform an economic evaluation of a work-place smoking cessation group training programme with incentives compared with a training programme without incentives.

Design

A trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-utility analysis (CUA) from a societal perspective and an employer's perspective.

Setting

Sixty-one companies in the Netherlands.

Participants

A total of 604 tobacco-smoking employees.

Intervention and comparator

A 7-week work-place smoking cessation group training programme. The intervention group earned gift vouchers of €350 for 12 months' continuous abstinence. The comparator group received no incentives.

Measurements

Online questionnaires were administered to assess quality of life (EQ-5D-5 L) and resource use duri

SUBMITTER: van den Brand FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature