title: A cost analysis of implementing a behavioral weight loss intervention in community mental health settings: Results from the ACHIEVE trial.
abstract: In the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial, an 18-month behavioral intervention accomplished weight loss in persons with serious mental illness who attended community psychiatric rehabilitation programs. This analysis estimates costs for delivering the intervention during the study. It also estimates expected costs to implement the intervention more widely in a range of community mental health programs.
  
  
  
  Using empirical data, costs were calculated from the perspective of a community psychiatric rehabilitation program delivering the intervention. Personnel and travel costs were calculated using time sheet data. Rent and supply costs were calculated using rent per square foot and intervention records. A univariate sensitivity analysis and an expert-informed sensitivity analysis were conducted.
  
  
  
  With 144 participants receiving the intervention and a mean weight loss of 3.4 kg, costs of $95 per participant per month and $501 per kilogram lost in the trial were calculated. In univariate sensitivity analysis, costs ranged from $402 to $725 per kilogram lost. Through expert-informed sensitivity analysis, it was estimated that rehabilitation programs could implement the intervention for $68 to $85 per client per month.
  
  
  
  Costs of implementing the ACHIEVE intervention were in the range of other intensive behavioral weight loss interventions. Wider implementation of efficacious lifestyle interventions in community mental health settings will require adequate funding mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Gerald J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jerome
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Arlene T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Dalcin
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Gennusa
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldsholl
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Frick
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Nae-Yuh
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.|Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Gail L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daumit
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000191:economics*; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*