title: Cost-effectiveness of a community-based obesity control programme.
abstract: We evaluated two 12-week long community-based obesity control programmes in Korea. One was a visiting-type programme (V-type) (n = 515) administered by a public health centre and the other was a remote-type programme (R-type) (n = 410) utilizing an Internet website and mobile phones with a short message service. The total cost for the intention-to-treat subjects was US$116,993 in the V-type programme and $24,555 in the R-type programme. In the per-protocol subjects, 66% of V-type participants (n = 117) achieved the target bodyweight reduction (5%) and 13% of R-type participants (n = 15). In the per-protocol subjects, the cost per person was $227 (V-type) and $60 (R-type). The cost per person achieving the target weight reduction was $975 (V-type) and $1637 (R-type). The average amount that participants were willing to pay was $71 (V-type) and $21 (R-type). The cost-effectiveness of the visiting-type community-based, short-duration obesity control programme was higher than the remote-type programme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice and Community Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors.forename: Nam-Seok
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Yong-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chan-Won
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bom-Taeck
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D040421:Cell Phone; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods