Cost-Utility Analysis of the National truth® Campaign to Prevent Youth Smoking
Cost-Utility Analysis of the National truth® Campaign to Prevent Youth Smoking
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2009.01.020
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Healton, Cheryl G.
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作者:
Holtgrave, David R.;Wunderink, Katherine A.;Healton, Cheryl G.
Background: In 2005, the American journal of Public Health published an article that indicated that 22% of the overall decline in youth smoking that occurred between 1999 and 2002 was directly attributable to the truth (R) social marketing campaign launched in 2000. A remaining key question about the truth campaign is whether the economic investment in the program can be justified by the public health outcomes; that question is examined here.Methods: Standard methods of cost and cost-utility analysis were employed in accordance with the U.S. Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine; a societal perspective was employed.Results: During 2000-2002, expenditures totaled just over $324 million to develop, deliver, evaluate, and litigate the truth campaign. The base-case cost-utility analysis result indicates that the campaign was cost saving; it. is estimated that the campaign recouped its costs and that just under $1.9 billion in medical costs was averted for society. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the basic determination of cost effectiveness for this campaign is robust to substantial variation in input parameters.Conclusions: This Study suggests that the truth campaign not only markedly improved the public's health but did so in an economically efficient manner. (Am J Prev Med 2009;36(5):385-388) (c) 2009 American Journal, of Preventive Medicine