SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2018
Is it cost-effective to provide internet-based interventions to complement the current provision of smoking cessation services in the Netherlands? An analysis based on the EQUIPTMOD.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying best modelling practices for tobacco control policy simulations: a systematic review and a novel quality assessment framework.Tobacco control · 2023Pooled it
- Is it cost-effective to provide internet-based interventions to complement the current provision of smoking cessation services in the Netherlands? An analysis based on the EQUIPTMOD.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Web-based exercise interventions for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Pooled it
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- Understanding acceptance of digital smoking cessation interventions: user behavior, key influencing factors, and the role of reimbursement.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Process and effect evaluation of a referral aid for smoking cessation counselling in primary care: Findings of a randomized controlled trial.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2024Article
- Health economic evaluation of preventive digital public health interventions using decision-analytic modelling: a systematized review.BMC health services research · 2023Review
- Mixed methods evaluation of the 'real-world' implementation of group-based behavioral stop smoking support through Facebook.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2022Article
- A referral aid for smoking cessation interventions in primary care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Primary health care research & development · 2021Article
- Using Serious Games for Antismoking Health Campaigns: Experimental Study.JMIR serious games · 2020Article
- Estimates of effectiveness and reach for 'return on investment' modelling of smoking cessation interventions using data from England.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimThe cost-effectiveness of internet-based smoking cessation interventions is difficult to determine when they are provided as a complement to current smoking cessation services. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of such an alternate package compared with existing smoking cessation services alone (current package).
methodsA literature search was conducted to identify internet-based smoking cessation interventions in the Netherlands. A meta-analysis was then performed to determine the pooled effectiveness of a (web-based) computer-tailored intervention. The mean cost of implementing internet based interventions was calculated using available information, while intervention reach was sourced from an English study. We used EQUIPTMOD, a Markov-based state-transition model, to calculate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios [expressed as cost per quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained] for different time horizons to assess the value of providing internet-based interventions to complement the current package.). Deterministic sensitivity analyses tested the uncertainty around intervention costs per smoker, relative risks, and the intervention reach.
resultsInternet-based interventions had an estimated pooled relative risk of 1.40; average costs per smoker of €2.71; and a reach of 0.41% of all smokers. The alternate package (i.e. provision of internet-based intervention to the current package) was dominant (cost-saving) compared with the current package alone (0.14 QALY gained per 1000 smokers; reduced health-care costs of €602.91 per 1000 smokers for the life-time horizon). The alternate package remained dominant in all sensitivity analyses.
conclusionProviding internet-based smoking cessation interventions to complement the current provision of smoking cessation services could be a cost-saving policy option in the Netherlands.
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