Lifetime cost-effectiveness and equity impacts of the Healthy Primary School of the Future initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study estimated the lifetime cost-effectiveness and equity impacts associated with two lifestyle interventions in the Dutch primary school setting (targeting 4-12 year olds).

Methods

The Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF; a healthy school lunch and structured physical activity) and the Physical Activity School (PAS; structured physical activity) were compared to the regular Dutch curriculum (N = 1676). An adolescence model, calculating weight development, and the RIVM Chronic Disease Model, calculating overweight-related chronic diseases, were linked to estimate the lifetime impact on chronic diseases, quality adjusted life years (QALYs), healthcare, and productivity costs. Cost-effectiveness was expressed as the additional costs/QALY gained and we u

SUBMITTER: Oosterhoff M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724829 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature