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. 2020 Sep 19;40(7):912–923. doi: 10.1177/0272989X20946758

Table 2.

Comparison of Results with and without Dementia Included: Lifetime Cost Effectiveness of NHS DPP v. No Implementation of NHS DPP

No Dementia Dementia Only Reduced Dementia Risk
Absolute Results No DPP DPP No DPP DPP No DPP DPP
Net benefit (£20,000 willingness to pay) 186,525 186,525 180,904 181,771 180,904 182,074
Health and social care cost (per person) 26,870 26,725 30,134 30,013 30,134 29,967
Health care cost (per person) 25,032 24,909 25,604 25,493 25,604 25,511
Social care cost (per person) 1838 1816 4530 4520 4530 4455
Dementia cost (per person) NA NA 1172 1177 1172 1146
Cardiovascular cost (per person) 6550 6453 6361 6266 6361 6289
QALYs (per person) 10.67 10.71 10.55 10.59 10.55 10.60
Life years (per 1000 people) 24.17 24.24 23.74 23.80 23.74 23.84
Diabetes diagnoses (per 1000 people) 663 651 657 646 657 647
CVD events (per 1000 people) 456 453 446 443 446 445
Dementia diagnosis (per 1000 people) 231 232 242 243 242 238
Targeting Strategy (Incremental Results v. Do Nothing)
Incremental Results for DPP v. No DPP No Dementia Dementia Only Difference from No Dementia Reduced Dementia Risk Difference from No Dementia
Incremental net benefit (£20,000 willingness to pay) £1000 £987 –£13 £1290 £291
Incremental health and social care cost (per person) –£145 –£121 £24 –£167 –£22
Incremental health care cost (per person) –£123 –£111 £12 –£93 £30
Incremental social care cost (per person) –£23 –£10 £13 –£75 –£52
Incremental dementia cost (per person) 0 £5 £5 –£26 –£26
Incremental cardiovascular cost (per person) –£97 –£95 £2 –£72 £25
Incremental QALYs (per person) 0.0427 0.0433 0.0006 0.0562 0.0134
Incremental life years (per person) 0.0635 0.0665 0.0030 0.1003 0.0368
Incremental diabetes diagnoses (per 1000 people) −11 −11 0 −10 1
Incremental CVD events (per 1000 people) −3 −3 0 −1 1
Incremental dementia diagnosis (per 1000 people) 0 1 1 −4 −4

CVD, cardiovascular disease; DPP, diabetes prevention program; NHS, National Health Service; QALY, quality-adjusted life year.