biostudies-literatureBasu SNCRR NIH HHSNIDDK NIH HHS1140-1148https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7968436biostudies-literatureUnknown39(7)Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) increase chronic disease risk. We estimated the impact on employee health and health care spending of banning SSB sales in California-based health care organizations. We used survey data from a large, multisite health care organization in California, sampling 2,276 employees three months before and twelve months after a workplace SSB sales ban was imposed. We incorporated the survey data into a simulation model to estimate chronic disease incidence and costs. We estimated that an SSB ban as effective as the one observed would save about $300,000 per 10,000 people over ten years among similar employers, as a result of averted health care and productivity spending-after both SSB sales losses and non-SSB beverage sales gains were accounted for. Sales bans woulHealth affairs (Project Hope)Cost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model.PMC7968436P30 DK092924R01 DK116852M01 RR001271P30 DK098722Schillinger DSchmidt LBasu SJacobs LMEpel EfalseCost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model.Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) increase chronic disease risk. We estimated the impact on employee health and health care spending of banning SSB sales in California-based health care organizations. We used survey data from a large, multisite health care organization in California, sampling 2,276 employees three months before and twelve months after a workplace SSB sales ban was imposed. We incorporated the survey data into a simulation model to estimate chronic disease incidence and costs. We estimated that an SSB ban as effective as the one observed would save about $300,000 per 10,000 people over ten years among similar employers, as a result of averted health care and productivity spending-after both SSB sales losses and non-SSB beverage sales gains were accounted for. Sales bans woul2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Jul2025-04-18T16:41:53.088Z2025-04-07T04:07:08.103ZS-EPMC79684363263435710.1377/hlthaff.2019.01483