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The cost–effectiveness of call-back counselling for smoking cessation
- Source :
- Tobacco Control. 23:437-442
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2013.
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Abstract
- Objective To assess the cost–effectiveness of the Quitline, a call-back counselling service for smoking cessation, in the states of Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Methods A cost–effectiveness analysis using a deterministic Markov model, and cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted over a lifetime as the outcome measure. Population: Current smokers, motivated to quit. Results Call-back counselling for smoking cessation provided by the Quitline is an intervention that both improves health with additional quitters, and achieves net cost savings due to the cost offsets being greater than the cost of the intervention. If cost offsets are excluded, the cost per quitter is $A773 (95% uncertainty interval $A769$–$A779), and the incremental cost–effectiveness ratio is $A294 per DALY (95% uncertainty interval $A293–$A298). Conclusions Call-back counselling is a cost-effective intervention for smoking cessation that can be provided by a centralised service for a large population, and to reach people in isolated communities.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Counseling
Male
Health (social science)
Cost effectiveness
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Uncertainty interval
medicine.medical_treatment
Population
Large population
Smoking Prevention
Intervention (counseling)
Environmental health
Northern Territory
Humans
Medicine
education
health care economics and organizations
Motivation
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Tobacco Use Disorder
Western Australia
Middle Aged
Telephone
Cost savings
Quitline
Costs and Cost Analysis
Smoking cessation
Female
Smoking Cessation
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14683318 and 09644563
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tobacco Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c31f73d9f44d7d8848488b6661fbafa9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050907