Assessing long-term health outcomes and cost effectiveness of a community-based intervention to prevent obesity in Austria – development of a decision-analytic model
Santamaria, J.; Jahn, B.; Schmid-Gallmetzer, D.; Tuohy, K.; Laxy, M.; Siebert, U.; Mühlberger, N. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2024 · Heft S 05 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults (>15 years of age) has increased up to more than 50% in Austria and worldwide. Our previous systematic review on the effectiveness of community-based interventions (CBIs) to prevent obesity, identified programs demonstrating a body mass index (BMI) reduction, but the long-term effects in terms of health outcomes and costs in an Austrian setting have not been yet evaluated. Therefore, our study, funded by the EUREGIO-Environment, Food, Health Project, aims to develop a decision-analytic model (DAM) to assess the benefits, harms, costs and cost effec…
