The cost-effectiveness of a school-based overweight program
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The cost-effectiveness of a school-based overweight program Henry Shelton Brown III*1,7, Adriana Pérez2, Yen-Peng Li3, Deanna M Hoelscher4,7, Steven H Kelder5,7 and Roberto Rivera6 Address: 1Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX 78701, USA, 2Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics School of Public Health and Information Sciences University of Louisville 555 S. Floyd Street, Suite 4026 Louisville, KY 40292, USA , 3Division of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77225, USA, 4Division of Behavioral Science, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX 78701, USA, 5Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX 78701, USA, 6Valley Baptist Hospital, Harlingen, TX 78520, USA and 7Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX 78701, USA Email: Henry Shelton Brown* - [email protected]; Adriana Pérez - [email protected]; Yen-Peng Li - [email protected]; Deanna M Hoelscher - [email protected]; Steven H Kelder - [email protected]; Roberto Rivera - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 1 October 2007 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007, 4:47 5868-4-47
doi:10.1186/1479-
Received: 26 January 2007 Accepted: 1 October 2007
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Abstract Background: This study assesses the net benefit and the cost-effectiveness of the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) intervention program, using parameter estimates from the El Paso trial. There were two standard economic measures used. First, from a societal perspective on costs, cost-effectiveness ratios (CER) were estimated, revealing the intervention costs per qualityadjusted life years (QALYs) saved. QALY weights were estimated using National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data. Second, the net benefit (NB) of CATCH was estimated, which compared the present value of averted future costs with the cost of the CATCH intervention. Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (NHANES) and NHANES follow-up data, we predicted the number of adult obesity cases avoided for ages 40–64 with a lifetime obesity progression model. Results: The results show that CATCH is cost-effective and net beneficial. The CER was US$900 (US$903 using Hispanic parameters) and the NB was US$68,125 (US$43,239 using Hispanic parameters), all in 2004 dollars. This is much lower than the benchmark for CER of US$30,000 and higher than the NB of US$0. Both were
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