The cost‐effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: Results from a modelling study
- 30 September 2015
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Adolescence
- Vol. 45 (1), 127-137
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.07.020
Abstract
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.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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