2023
Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity
Pryor S, Savoye M, Nowicka P, Price G, Sharifi M, Yaesoubi R. Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity. Value In Health 2023, 26: 1183-1191. PMID: 36967028, PMCID: PMC10518029, DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexClinical controlMedical Expenditure Panel Survey dataClinical weight managementHealth system perspectivePrevention growth chartsParticipants' body mass indexFamily-based interventionsMass indexChildhood obesityBMI trajectoriesWeight managementHealthcare costsPrimary analysisGrowth chartsObesityTrial dataDisease controlMedical expendituresBright bodiesHealthcare expendituresIncremental costIntervention costsBody interventionsChildren
2022
Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018
Lee K, You S, Li Y, Chesson H, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Hsu K, Yaesoubi R, Salomon JA, Rönn M. Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: e810-e819. PMID: 35684943, PMCID: PMC9907519, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsCongenital syphilisHealth lossLife yearsNumber of QALYsTerms of QALYsLifetime numberBurden of syphilisSubstantial health lossesManagement of syphilisLifetime quality-adjusted life yearsAverage lifetime numberCost-effectiveness analysisPrimary infectionOverall burdenSyphilisNatural historyInfectionHealth impactsMSMChildrenMothersUnited StatesBurdenDecision tree model