The Cost-Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling in Primary Care: a Markov Cohort Simulation Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacotherapies remain a central focus of successful tobacco control, but uptake remains very low.

Objective

To estimate the cost effectiveness of a primary care nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) sampling intervention.

Design

A Markov cohort simulation model was constructed to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses. Clinical trial results were used to initialize the Markov model. All other model parameters were derived from the literature. The study was conducted over a lifetime horizon, from the payers' budgetary perspective.

Participants

Smokers with a primary care visit.

Intervention

Medication sampling, which provided short, starter packets of NRT (nicotine patch and lozenge) to smokers in the primary care setting.

Main measures

Lif

SUBMITTER: Chen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature