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Cost-utility Analyses of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Obesity
Gary Ginsberg
Cost-utility Analyses of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Obesity
Gary Ginsberg
In the developed world, obesity is a serious risk factor for many chronic diseases. Besides its morbidity and mortality burden, Obesity generates a huge cost burden on countries health services. This study aims to assist policymakers in their efforts to prioritize interventions to prevent and treat obesity by calculating cost-utility ratios of the treatment modes of dietary counseling, pharmaceutical interventions and bariatric surgery. Generally, the majority of interventions were found to be either cost-saving or very cost-effective in an Israeli setting. Differences in cost-effectiveness exist within each treatment modality, but the data are not robust enough to facilitate within-modality prioritization at this point. Readers can use the methodologies in this paper to generate cost-utility ratios for their own country-specific interventions.
80 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 3, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9783659160462 |
Publishers | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Pages | 80 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 5 mm · 137 g |
Language | German |
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