health economics and health care management

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Current projects:



MEMORI: Multidisciplinary Early Modification of Obesity Risk
(Excellence Network Obesity)
Subproject 1: Economic assessment of obesity in children and adolescents and its prevention

Principle investigator and co-investigators:Dr. W. Rogowski, Prof. R. Leidl,
Dr. S. Wolfenstetter,  Ch. Wenig, Dr. A. Breitfelder
Funding:Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration:3 years in phase 1 (8/2008 - 7/2011)
Objective(s):

Objective 1: to analyze the economic burden of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. This includes analyses of resource utilization and health care costs linked to obesity in children and adolescents.

Objective 2: to assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions and programmes to prevent overweight and obesity in this target population.

Summary:

Obesity-associated healthcare utilization and costs will be assessed in three population-based samples of children (KiGGS, GINI and LISA) by using an excess cost approach. The economic impact of obesity as well as overweight in children will be evaluated.

Preparatory research will be undertaken to economically assess overweight intervention programmes for children and adolescents by a decision-analytical model. The feasibility of this approach is investigated in two steps:

1) Data on the effectiveness of prevention strategies will be derived from the literature using systematic review techniques. This review will be complemented by an in-depth analysis on whether and how the findings can be appropriately adapted to the context of preventing juvenile obesity in Germany to screen for the most suitable interventions.
2) The epidemiological and cost data collected and generated in the first part of the project will be used to further parameterize the model. In future research phases, it is intended to develop and use this model tool to economically assess prevention strategies for which appropriate medical evidence is available, including strategies that are pursued within this network.

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