The health and economic impact and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and control of overweight and obesity in Kenya: a stakeholder engaged modelling study

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Research

J. Lennert Veerman¹  Lucy W. Kivuti-Bitok¹  Leopold N. Aminde²  Mary Njeri Wanjau³ 

[1] School of Medicine & Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Parklands Drive, 4222, Southport, Queensland, QLD, Australia;School of Medicine & Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Parklands Drive, 4222, Southport, Queensland, QLD, Australia;Non-communicable Disease Unit, Clinical Research Education Networking & Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon;School of Medicine & Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Parklands Drive, 4222, Southport, Queensland, QLD, Australia;School of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676-00200, Nairobi, Kenya;

关键词: High body mass;    Overweight;    Obesity;    Non-communicable disease;    Costs;    Health impact;    Economic impact;    Cost effectiveness;    Kenya;    Low- and middle-income;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12962-023-00467-3

 received in 2023-01-10, accepted in 2023-08-15,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe global increase in mean body mass index has resulted in a substantial increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including in many low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya. This paper assesses four interventions for the prevention and control of overweight and obesity in Kenya to determine their potential health and economic impact and cost effectiveness.MethodsWe reviewed the literature to identify evidence of effect, determine the intervention costs, disease costs and total healthcare costs. We used a proportional multistate life table model to quantify the potential impacts on health conditions and healthcare costs, modelling the 2019 Kenya population over their remaining lifetime. Considering a health system perspective, two interventions were assessed for cost-effectiveness. In addition, we used the Human Capital Approach to estimate productivity gains.ResultsOver the lifetime of the 2019 population, impacts were estimated at 203,266 health-adjusted life years (HALYs) (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 163,752 − 249,621) for a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, 151,718 HALYs (95% UI 55,257 − 250,412) for mandatory kilojoule menu labelling, 3.7 million HALYs (95% UI 2,661,365–4,789,915) for a change in consumption levels related to supermarket food purchase patterns and 13.1 million HALYs (95% UI 11,404,317 − 15,152,341) for a change in national consumption back to the 1975 average levels of energy intake. This translates to 4, 3, 73 and 261 HALYs per 1,000 persons. Lifetime healthcare cost savings were approximately United States Dollar (USD) 0.14 billion (USD 3 per capita), USD 0.08 billion (USD 2 per capita), USD 1.9 billion (USD 38 per capita) and USD 6.2 billion (USD 124 per capita), respectively. Lifetime productivity gains were approximately USD 1.8 billion, USD 1.2 billion, USD 28 billion and USD 92 billion. Both the 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages and the mandatory kilojoule menu labelling were assessed for cost effectiveness and found dominant (health promoting and cost-saving).ConclusionAll interventions evaluated yielded substantive health gains and economic benefits and should be considered for implementation in Kenya.

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