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The Cost-effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: Results from a Modelling Study
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7872-5808
Örebro universitet; Göteborgs universitet.
2015 (English)In: Journal of Adolescence, ISSN 0140-1971, E-ISSN 1095-9254, Vol. 45, p. 127-137Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Exposure to bullying affects around 3–5 percent of adolescents in secondary school and is related to various mental health problems. Many different anti-bullying programmes are currently available, but economic evaluations are lacking. The aim of this study is to identify the cost effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP). We constructed a decision-tree model for a Swedish secondary school, using a public payer perspective, and retrieved data on costs and effects from the published literature. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis to reflect the uncertainty in the model was conducted. The base-case analysis showed that using the OBPP to reduce the number of victims of bullying costs 131 250 Swedish kronor (€14 470) per victim spared. Compared to a relevant threshold of the societal value of bullying reduction, this indicates that the programme is cost-effective. Using a relevant willingness-to-pay threshold shows that the OBPP is a cost-effective intervention.

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Elsevier, 2015. Vol. 45, p. 127-137
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Adolescence; Bullying; Cost-effectiveness; Olweus Bullying Prevention Program; Modelling
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Sociology Health Sciences
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Public Health Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-38082DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.07.020ISI: 000366785700013PubMedID: 26433734OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-38082DiVA, id: diva2:858024
Available from: 2015-09-30 Created: 2015-09-30 Last updated: 2020-04-14Bibliographically approved

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