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. 2021 Jun 4;45(10):2179–2190. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00849-8

Table 3.

Cost-effectiveness results.

Intervention cost (£m/100k population) Obesity disease cost (£m/100k population) Total cost (£m/100k population) Total QALY per 100k population Incremental cost (£m/100K population) Incremental QALY (per 100K population) ICER (vs. next best alternative) ICER (vs. baseline)
Base case analysis
Baseline £0 £2898 £2898 1,135,676
WMP1 £94 £2814 £2909 1,154,944 £11 19,269 £557 £557
VLCD added to WMP1 £220 £2812 £3032 1,155,963 Dominated Dominated Dominated £6628
WMP2 £135 £2798 £2933 1,158,386 Ext Dom. Ext Dom. Ext Dom. £1540
Look AHEAD £889 £2754 £3643 1,167,101 Ext Dom. Ext Dom. Ext Dom. £23,725
RYGB Surgery £2024 £2295 £4319 1,276,038 £1411 121,094 £11,648 £10,126
BMI regain sensitivity analysis
Baseline £0 £2898 £2898 1,135,676 Dominated Dominated Dominated
VLCD added to WMP1 £220 £2840 £3060 1,150,251 Dominated Dominated Dominated £11,152
WMP1 £94 £2834 £2928 1,151,112 Dominated Dominated Dominated £1965
WMP2 £135 £2740 £2875 1,168,178 Dominant
Look AHEAD £889 £2666 £3555 1,179,771 Ext Dom. Ext Dom. Ext Dom. £14,906
RYGB Surgery £2024 £2295 £4319 1,276,038 £1444 107,860 £13,392 £10,126

Dominated: An intervention that is both more costly and less effective than a comparator. A dominated intervention doess not offer good value for money and is therefore excluded from the calculation of ICERs.

Ext Dom: Extendedly dominated: An intervention that is excluded because an alternative intervention can deliver greater QALY gains for a lower ICER.

BMI Body mass index, ICER Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, N/A Not applicable, QALY Quality adjusted life year, RYGB Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, WMP1 Weight Management Programme 1, WMP2 Weight Management Programme 2, VLCD Very Low Calorie Diet.