Modelling the Economic Impact of Reducing Loneliness in Community Dwelling Older People in England.

ABSTRACT: Loneliness has been associated with poor mental health and wellbeing. In England, a 2018 national strategy on loneliness was published, and public health guidelines recommend participation in social activities. In the absence of existing economic evidence, we modelled the potential cost effectiveness of a service that connects lonely older people to social activities against no-intervention. A 5-year Markov model was constructed from a health and social care perspective. Parameters were drawn from the literature, with the intervention structure based on an existing loneliness alleviation programme implemented in several settings across England. Univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were undertaken. The total expected cost per participant in the intervention group is £ 7131 comp

SUBMITTER: McDaid D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7913744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature