Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery versus community weight management to treat obesity-related idiopathic intracranial hypertension: evidence from a single-payer healthcare system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is associated with significant morbidity, predominantly affecting women of childbearing age living with obesity. Weight loss has demonstrated successful disease-modifying effects; however, the long-term cost-effectiveness of weight loss interventions for the treatment of IIH has not yet been established.

Objectives

To estimate the cost-effectiveness of weight-loss treatments for IIH.

Setting

Single-payer healthcare system (National Health Service, England).

Methods

A Markov model was developed comparing bariatric surgery with a community weight management intervention over 5-, 10-, and 20-year time horizons. Transition probabilities, utilities, and resource use were informed by the IIH Weight Trial (IIH:WT),

SUBMITTER: Elliot L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8241428 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature