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  • Public health policy
  • Preventive medicine

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  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) screening programs aim for cost-effectiveness and equity.
  • Previous analysis modeled CVD screening data from Liverpool, UK.
  • This study builds upon prior work by examining opportunity costs and stakeholder-co-designed redesign options.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply distributional cost effectiveness analysis to redesign CVD screening programs.
  • To explicitly model the distribution of health opportunity costs and benefits.
  • To evaluate different CVD screening program scenarios for cost-effectiveness and equity.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated four scenarios: no screening, current universal, enhanced universal, and universal plus targeted screening.
  • Compared assumptions on displaced health spending and its impact.
  • Assessed net health benefit and changes in the slope index of inequality (SII) in QALYs.

Main Results:

  • The 'universal plus targeted' screening scenario dominated other options.
  • This approach reduced health inequality by -0.65 QALYs per 100,000 person-years.
  • Results demonstrated high sensitivity to assumptions about opportunity costs and funding sources.

Conclusions:

  • Distributional cost effectiveness analysis is a valuable tool for redesigning prevention programs.
  • The 'universal plus targeted' strategy shows promise for improving health and reducing inequality.
  • Decision-makers can use this method to analyze expenditure impacts on different populations and optimize program design.