Citation

Neumann PJ, Farquhar M, Wilkinson CL, Lowry M, Gold M. Am. J. Public Health 2016; 106(12): 2205-2207.

Affiliation

At the time this work was conducted, Peter J. Neumann, Megan Farquhar, Colby L. Wilkinson, and Mackenzie Lowry were with the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Health Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. Marthe Gold was with the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2016.303361

PMID

27631752

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine the extent to which recently published cost-utility analyses (cost-effectiveness analyses using quality-adjusted life-years to measure health benefits) have covered the leading health concerns in the US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 report.

METHODS: We examined data in the Tufts Medical Center Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry, a database containing 5000 published cost-utility analyses published in the MEDLINE literature through 2014. We focused on US-based cost-utility analyses published from 2011 through 2014 (n = 687). Two reviewers scanned abstracts and met for a consensus on categorization of cost-utility analyses that addressed the specific priorities listed in the 12 Healthy People 2020 areas (n = 120).

RESULTS: Although 7.3% of recently published cost-utility analyses addressed key clinical preventive services, only about 2% of recently published cost-utility analyses covered each of the following Healthy People 2020 topics: reproductive and sexual health, nutrition/physical activity/obesity, maternal and infant health, and tobacco. Fewer than 1% addressed priorities such as injuries and violence, mental health or substance abuse, environmental quality, and oral health.

CONCLUSIONS: Few cost-utility analyses have addressed Healthy People 2020 priority areas. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 15, 2016: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303361).

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