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    The Population Cost-Effectiveness of Weight Watchers with General Practitioner Referral Compared with Standard Care

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    Lymer, S.
    Schofield, D.
    Cunich, M.
    Lee, Crystal
    Fuller, N.
    Caterson, I.
    Colagiuri, S.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lymer, S. and Schofield, D. and Cunich, M. and Lee, C. and Fuller, N. and Caterson, I. and Colagiuri, S. 2018. The Population Cost-Effectiveness of Weight Watchers with General Practitioner Referral Compared with Standard Care. Obesity. 26 (8): pp. 1261-1269.
    Source Title
    Obesity
    DOI
    10.1002/oby.22216
    ISSN
    1930-7381
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72982
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2018 The Obesity Society Objective: This study aimed to assess population-level cost-effectiveness of the Weight Watchers (WW) program with doctor referral compared with standard care (SC) for Australian adults with overweight and obesity. Methods: The target population was Australian adults = 20 years old with BMI = 27 kg/m2, whose obesity status was subsequently modeled for 2015 to 2025. A microsimulation model (noncommunicable disease model [NCDMod]) was used to assess the incremental cost-effectiveness of WW compared with SC. A health system perspective was taken, and outcomes were measured by obesity cases averted in 2025, BMI units averted for 2015 to 2025, and quality-adjusted life years for 2015 to 2025. Univariate sensitivity testing was used to measure variations in the model parameters. Results: The WW intervention resulted in 60,445 averted cases of obesity in 2025 (2,311 more cases than for SC), extra intervention costs of A$219 million, and cost savings within the health system of A$17,248 million (A$82 million more than for SC) for 2015 to 2025 compared with doing nothing. The modeled WW had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of A$35,195 in savings per case of obesity averted in 2025. WW remained dominant over SC for the different scenarios in the sensitivity analysis. Conclusions: The WW intervention represents good value for money. The WW intervention needs serious consideration in a national package of obesity health services.

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