2024
Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care
Sharifi M, Fiechtner L, Barrett J, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Reiner J, Luo M, Taveras E, Gortmaker S. Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care. Obesity 2024, 32: 1734-1744. PMID: 39192764, PMCID: PMC11361715, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy weight clinicHealth care sectorObesity prevalenceIntervention costsCare sectorReducing obesity disparitiesNational implementationHealth care costsObesity disparitiesUsual careBMI changeCare costsFQHCsCost-effectiveSocietal perspectiveWhite populationHealthHealthyObesityQALYEstimated costInterventionClinicChildrenGreater reductions
2018
Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention
Sharifi M, Franz C, Horan C, Giles C, Long M, Ward Z, Resch S, Marshall R, Gortmaker S, Taveras E. Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention. 2018, 136-152. DOI: 10.1542/9781610022781-cost.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care providersChildhood obesity interventionsBehaviour change supportObesity interventionsObesity prevalenceCare providersPopulation-level prevention strategiesPediatric primary care providersCluster-randomized trialElectronic decision supportMaintenance of effectsElectronic health recordsUsual careChildhood obesityBMI unitsPediatric practiceObesityPrevention strategiesFunctional EHRPopulation reachClinical interventionsIntervention effectsNational implementationIntervention costsHealth records
2017
Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention
Sharifi M, Franz C, Horan CM, Giles CM, Long MW, Ward ZJ, Resch SC, Marshall R, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM. Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention. Pediatrics 2017, 140: e20162998. PMID: 29089403, PMCID: PMC5654390, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersChildhood obesity interventionsBehaviour change supportObesity interventionsObesity prevalenceCare providersPopulation-level prevention strategiesPediatric primary care providersCluster-randomized trialElectronic decision supportMaintenance of effectsElectronic health recordsUsual careChildhood obesityBMI unitsPediatric practiceObesityPrevention strategiesFunctional EHRPopulation reachClinical interventionsIntervention effectsNational implementationIntervention costsHealth records