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ABSTRACT: Aims
To evaluate costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of increased reach of specific smoking cessation interventions in Germany.Design
A Markov-based state transition return on investment model (EQUIPTMOD) was used to evaluate current smoking cessation interventions as well as two prospective investment scenarios. A health-care perspective (extended to include out-of-pocket payments) with life-time horizon was considered. A probabilistic analysis was used to assess uncertainty concerning predicted estimates.Setting
Germany.Participants
Cohort of current smoking population (18+ years) in Germany.Interventions
Interventions included group-based behavioural support, financial incentive programmes and varenicline. For prospective scenario 1 the reach of group-based behavioral support, financial incentive programme and varenicline was increased by 1% of yearly quit attempts (= 57?915 quit attempts), while prospective scenario 2 represented a higher reach, mirroring the levels observed in England.Measurements
EQUIPTMOD considered reach, intervention cost, number of quitters, quality-of-life years (QALYs) gained, cost-effectiveness and return on investment.Findings
The highest returns through reduction in smoking-related health-care costs were seen for the financial incentive programme (€2.71 per €1 invested), followed by that of group-based behavioural support (€1.63 per €1 invested), compared with no interventions. Varenicline had lower returns (€1.02 per €1 invested) than the other two interventions. At the population level, prospective scenario 1 led to 15?034 QALYs gained and €27 million cost-savings, compared with current investment. Intervention effects and reach contributed most to the uncertainty around the return-on-investment estimates. At a hypothetical willingness-to-pay threshold of only €5000, the probability of being cost-effective is approximately 75% for prospective scenario 1.Conclusions
Increasing the reach of group-based behavioural support, financial incentives and varenicline for smoking cessation by just 1% of current annual quit attempts provides a strategy to German policymakers that improves the population's health outcomes and that may be considered cost-effective.
SUBMITTER: Huber MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033002 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 20171215
<h4>Aims</h4>To evaluate costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of increased reach of specific smoking cessation interventions in Germany.<h4>Design</h4>A Markov-based state transition return on investment model (EQUIPTMOD) was used to evaluate current smoking cessation interventions as well as two prospective investment scenarios. A health-care perspective (extended to include out-of-pocket payments) with life-time horizon was considered. A probabilistic analysis was used to assess uncertainty c ...[more]