2024
Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care
Sharifi M, Fiechtner L, Barrett J, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Reiner J, Luo M, Taveras E, Gortmaker S. Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care. Obesity 2024, 32: 1734-1744. PMID: 39192764, PMCID: PMC11361715, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy weight clinicHealth care sectorObesity prevalenceIntervention costsCare sectorReducing obesity disparitiesNational implementationHealth care costsObesity disparitiesUsual careBMI changeCare costsFQHCsCost-effectiveSocietal perspectiveWhite populationHealthHealthyObesityQALYEstimated costInterventionClinicChildrenGreater reductions
2023
Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity
Pryor S, Savoye M, Nowicka P, Price G, Sharifi M, Yaesoubi R. Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity. Value In Health 2023, 26: 1183-1191. PMID: 36967028, PMCID: PMC10518029, DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBody Mass IndexChildCost-Benefit AnalysisFollow-Up StudiesHumansPediatric ObesityConceptsBody mass indexClinical controlMedical Expenditure Panel Survey dataClinical weight managementHealth system perspectivePrevention growth chartsParticipants' body mass indexFamily-based interventionsMass indexChildhood obesityBMI trajectoriesWeight managementHealthcare costsPrimary analysisGrowth chartsObesityTrial dataDisease controlMedical expendituresBright bodiesHealthcare expendituresIncremental costIntervention costsBody interventionsChildren
2017
Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention
Sharifi M, Franz C, Horan CM, Giles CM, Long MW, Ward ZJ, Resch SC, Marshall R, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM. Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention. Pediatrics 2017, 140: e20162998. PMID: 29089403, PMCID: PMC5654390, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersChildhood obesity interventionsBehaviour change supportObesity interventionsObesity prevalenceCare providersPopulation-level prevention strategiesPediatric primary care providersCluster-randomized trialElectronic decision supportMaintenance of effectsElectronic health recordsUsual careChildhood obesityBMI unitsPediatric practiceObesityPrevention strategiesFunctional EHRPopulation reachClinical interventionsIntervention effectsNational implementationIntervention costsHealth records
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