Impact of the national health guidance intervention for obesity and cardiovascular risks on healthcare utilisation and healthcare spending in working-age Japanese cohort: regression discontinuity design.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Increases in obesity and cardiovascular diseases contribute to rapidly growing healthcare expenditures in many countries. However, little is known about whether the population-level health guidance intervention for obesity and cardiovascular risk factors is associated with reduced healthcare utilisation and spending. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of population-level health guidance intervention introduced nationally in Japan on healthcare utilisation and spending.

Design

Retrospective cohort study, using a quasiexperimental regression discontinuity design.

Setting

Japan's nationwide employment-based health insurers.

Participants

Participants in the national health screening programme (from January 2014 to December 2014) aged 40-

SUBMITTER: Fukuma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345054 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature