Assessment of morbid obesity treatment cost efficiency in the Czech Republic
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Assessment of morbid obesity treatment cost efficiency in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Aims: Recent epidemiological surveys show that the prevalence of morbid obesity reaches 2 % in the adult population of the Czech Republic. Main aim of this assessment was to evaluate the cost efficiency of resources spent on conservative and surgical treatment of morbid obesity in the country. Methods: The evaluation was performed by using standard tools of Health technology assessment. Clinical effects of both types of therapy for morbid obesity were determined by systematic meta-analysis of national and foreign clinical trials. The average annual cost of both types of therapy have been obtained by a panel of experts from a three Czech top centers under the Czech society for the study of obesity. Results: Both types of compared surgical treatment (adjustable gastric banding and gastric sleeve) have much higher clinical effectiveness and cost-efficiency than conservative treatment despite their higher initial costs in the year of surgery. Also overall investments to bariatric surgery w
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
FB - Endocrinology, diabetology, metabolism, nutrition
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Project
<a href="/en/project/NT11532" target="_blank" >NT11532: Medical Technology Assessment</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů