Becker's Healthcare October 17, 2024
Research led by a Northwestern Medicine team found that, despite higher upfront costs, bariatric surgeries offer two more quality years of life compared to GLP-1 therapies.
The long-term cost-effectiveness of GLP-1s versus bariatric surgery has been a looming unknown in the healthcare industry. Gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy operations typically cost between $17,400 and $22,850. In contrast, the average annual cost of GLP-1s is between $9,360 and $16,200, but the ideal duration of GLP-1 regimens has not been established.
After analyzing the costs of these treatments until death (up to 50 years) and clinical trial efficacy findings for thousands of patients, the researchers uncovered two main findings.
First, bariatric surgery added two quality-adjusted life years and saved patients...
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