Patterns and costs of health-care utilisation in Australian children: The first 5 years.

Aim: To describe patterns of health-care utilisation and costs of a cohort of Australian children in the first 5 years of life and to investigate demographic factors associated with high health-care utilisation.

Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of prospectively linked health-care utilisation data, including primary and secondary health-care consults, hospitalisations and emergency. The subjects were 350 children from a disadvantaged area of Sydney.

Economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce office workers' sitting time: the "Stand Up Victoria" trial.

Objectives This study aimed to assess the economic credentials of a workplace-delivered intervention to reduce sitting time among desk-based workers. Methods We performed within-trial cost-efficacy analysis and long-term cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and recruited 231 desk-based workers, aged 24-65 years, across 14 worksites of one organization. Multicomponent workplace-delivered intervention was compared to usual practice.

The economic feasibility of price discounts to improve diet in Australian Aboriginal remote communities.

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of fiscal measures applied in remote community food stores for Aboriginal Australians.

Methods: Six price discount strategies on fruit, vegetables, diet drinks and water were modelled. Baseline diet was measured as 12 months' actual food sales data in three remote Aboriginal communities.

Cost Effectiveness of an Elementary School Active Physical Education Policy.

Introduction: Many American children do not meet recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Although school-based physical education (PE) provides children with opportunities for MVPA, less than half of PE minutes are typically active. The purpose of this study is to estimate the cost effectiveness of a state "active PE" policy implemented nationally requiring that at least 50% of elementary school PE time is spent in MVPA.

Modeling the Cost Effectiveness of Child Care Policy Changes in the U.S.

Introduction: Child care facilities influence diet and physical activity, making them ideal obesity prevention settings. The purpose of this study is to quantify the health and economic impacts of a multi-component regulatory obesity policy intervention in licensed U.S.

BMI and Healthcare Cost Impact of Eliminating Tax Subsidy for Advertising Unhealthy Food to Youth.

Introduction: Food and beverage TV advertising contributes to childhood obesity. The current tax treatment of advertising as an ordinary business expense in the U.S.

Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S.

Introduction: Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption through taxation is a promising public health response to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. This study quantifies the expected health and economic benefits of a national sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax of $0.

Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions: Evidence and Methods for CHOICES.

Introduction: The childhood obesity epidemic continues in the U.S., and fiscal crises are leading policymakers to ask not only whether an intervention works but also whether it offers value for money.

Healthcare utilization and costs in severely obese subjects before bariatric surgery.

This study examined healthcare utilization and associated costs for a severely obese population before receiving bariatric surgery relative to an age- and sex-matched sample from the Australian general population. Severely obese subjects receiving laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) surgery in 2009 (n = 11,769) were identified. Utilization of medical services and pharmaceuticals in the 3.