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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Public Health | Research article

PRIMEtime CE: a multistate life table model for estimating the cost-effectiveness of interventions affecting diet and physical activity

Authors: Adam D. M. Briggs, Linda J. Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme, Peter Scarborough

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Background

Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death in England, and poor diet and physical inactivity are two of the principle behavioural risk factors. In the context of increasingly constrained financial resources, decision makers in England need to be able to compare the potential costs and health outcomes of different public health policies aimed at improving these risk factors in order to know where to invest so that they can maximise population health. This paper describes PRIMEtime CE, a multistate life table cost-effectiveness model that can directly compare interventions affecting multiple disease outcomes.

Methods

The multistate life table model, PRIMEtime Cost Effectiveness (PRIMEtime CE), is developed from the Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl (PRIME) and the PRIMEtime model. PRIMEtime CE uses routinely available data to estimate how changing diet and physical activity in England affects morbidity and mortality from heart disease, stroke, diabetes, liver disease, and cancers either directly or via raised blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight.

Results

Model outcomes are change in quality adjusted life years, and change in English National Health Service and social care costs.

Conclusion

This paper describes PRIMEtime CE and highlights its main strengths and limitations. The model can be used to compare any number of public policies affecting diet and physical activity, allowing decision makers to understand how they can maximise population health with limited financial resources.
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Metadata
Title
PRIMEtime CE: a multistate life table model for estimating the cost-effectiveness of interventions affecting diet and physical activity
Authors
Adam D. M. Briggs
Linda J. Cobiac
Jane Wolstenholme
Peter Scarborough
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Public Health
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4237-4

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