1. Systematic review and overview of health economic evaluation models in obesity prevention and therapy
- Author
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Bjoern Schwander, Mickaël Hiligsmann, Mark Nuijten, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Promovendi PHPC, Health Services Research, and RS: CAPHRI - R2 - Creating Value-Based Health Care
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Gerontology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Alternative medicine ,Decision Support Techniques ,decision models ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cost of Illness ,prevention ,systematic review ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Obesity ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Obesity prevention ,therapy ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,Health Policy ,General Medicine ,health economic assessment ,medicine.disease ,Models, Economic ,Economic evaluation ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Decision model - Abstract
Introduction: Given the increasing clinical and economic burden of obesity, it is of major importance to identify cost-effective approaches for obesity management.Areas covered: This study aims to systematically review and compile an overview of published decision models for health economic assessments (HEA) in obesity, in order to summarize and compare their key characteristics as well as to identify, inform and guide future research. Of the 4,293 abstracts identified, 87 papers met our inclusion criteria. A wide range of different methodological approaches have been identified. Of the 87 papers, 69 (79%) applied unique /distinctive modelling approaches.Expert commentary: This wide range of approaches suggests the need to develop recommendations /minimal requirements for model-based HEA of obesity. In order to reach this long-term goal, further research is required. Valuable future research steps would be to investigate the predictiveness, validity and quality of the identified modelling approaches.
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- 2016