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dc.contributor.authorAmilani, Uttara
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Hannah E
dc.contributor.authorSenanayake, Sameera
dc.contributor.authorHettiarachchi, Ruvini M
dc.contributor.authorMcPhail, Steven M
dc.contributor.authorKularatna, Sanjeewa
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T01:31:34Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T01:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0301-5661
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cdoe.12553
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/395020
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aims of this study were to: identify the evidence on cost-effectiveness of school-based interventions for caries prevention globally up to 2019; summarize key characteristics of interventions applied within this setting; summarize the reporting quality of previous studies; and to identify and analyse knowledge gaps. Methods: A scoping review of published literature on the cost-effectiveness of school-based interventions to prevent child tooth decay was conducted. A search in Medline, Cinahl and Embase was performed with no date restriction. Reporting quality of the included studies was assessed against Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) checklist. Results: Of the 738 records identified in the initial search, 15 studies met the pre-specified inclusion criteria. The majority were published after 2011 (n = 9,) and applied to high-income countries (n = 12). Nearly 80% of the studies assessed the cost-effectiveness of the interventions based on topical fluoride therapies and fissure sealants at school premises. Although, the outcome measures differed across the studies, almost all the caries preventive interventions were cost-saving or cost-effective when compared with usual care. Compliance with the CHEERS checklist differed. Conclusions: There is evidence to suggest that school-based caries preventive interventions are cost-effective, and in some cases cost-saving. Further evidence is required from low- to middle-income countries to confirm the generalizability of these findings. Future studies should consider adopting Quality Adjusted Life Years as a generic outcome measure that would enable the cost-effectiveness findings to be compared across different types of interventions and diseases. Improved standardization and quality of reporting are also required.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCommunity Dent Oral Epidemiol
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.keywordschild oral health
dc.subject.keywordscost-effectiveness analysis
dc.subject.keywordscritical appraisal
dc.subject.keywordsdental economics
dc.subject.keywordsevidence-based dentistry
dc.titleA scoping review of cost-effectiveness analyses of school-based interventions for caries
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmilani, U; Carter, HE; Senanayake, S; Hettiarachchi, RM; McPhail, SM; Kularatna, S, A scoping review of cost-effectiveness analyses of school-based interventions for caries., Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 2020
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-05-19
dc.date.updated2020-06-30T00:58:08Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHettiarachchi, Ruvini M.
gro.griffith.authorKularatna, Sanjeewa M.


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