Medical Xpress August 6, 2024
For individuals with prediabetes, a digital diabetes prevention program (d-DPP) is cost-effective compared with an in-person lifestyle intervention for preventing the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online July 26 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
Sooyeol Park, from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, and colleagues examined the cost-effectiveness of a d-DPP versus a DPP for preventing T2D in individuals with prediabetes. A Markov cohort model was constructed, which simulated a 10-year period starting at 45 years of age.
The researchers found cost savings of $3,672 and $2,990 from a societal perspective and from a health care sector perspective, respectively,...
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