aHealth Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK bHealth Economics and Policy Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen ...

Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy ...

Policy makers seeking to reduce childhood obesity must prioritize investment in treatment and primary prevention. We estimated the cost-effectiveness of seven interventions high on the obesity policy ...

Introduction Economic evidence on community health worker (CHW) programmes is crucial for scaling these initiatives. Although decision-analytic models (DAMs) are essential for projecting long-term ...

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Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy are cost-effective compared with no surgery for adolescents with ...

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy are cost-effective compared with no surgery for adolescents with severe obesity, according to a study published online June 15 in JAMA ...

Objective Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the biggest cause of death in Europe putting an unsustainable burden on already struggling health systems. Increases in obesity are a major cause of NCDs ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open projects that reductions in federal funding for syringe service programs (SSPs) could lead to substantial increases in mortality among people who inject ...

Methods We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis in the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) population comparing three ...

SSAM3 is used to perform safety analysis of traffic facilities combining with microsimulation software. This technique may be of use to researchers, transportation engineers, and safety engineers.