Cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness-based mental health promotion program: economic evaluation of a nonrandomized controlled trial with propensity score matching

Autor: Gerhard Müller, Manuela Pfinder, Christian Schmahl, Martin Bohus, Lisa Lyssenko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7585-4
Popis: Abstract Background Mental health promotion programs have been shown to reduce the burden associated with mental distress and prevent the onset of mental disorders, but evidence of cost-effectiveness is scarce. Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness-based mental health prevention program provided by health coaches in a multi-site field setting in Germany. Methods The single-study based economic evaluation was conducted as part of a nonrandomized controlled trial, comparing the effects of a group-based prevention program to usual care based on propensity score matching. Participants (N = 1166) were recruited via a large statutory health insurance fund. Health outcome was assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Cost outcomes were actually incurred costs compiled from the health insurance’ records. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) were analyzed from a societal and a health care perspective for a 12-month time horizon with sampling uncertainty being handled using nonparametric bootstrapping. A cost-effectiveness acceptability curve was graphed to determine the probability of cost-effectiveness at different willingness-to-pay ceiling ratios. Results From a societal perspective, prevention was cost-effective compared to usual-care by providing larger effects of 1.97 units on the HADS (95% CI [1.14, 2.81], p
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