The economic case for digital interventions for eating disorders among United States college students.
Andrea K GrahamKatherine N BalantekinEllen E Fitzsimmons-CraftCorinna JacobiDenise E WilfleyC Barr TaylorPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2017)
A stepped care model was estimated to achieve modest cost savings compared to standard care, but these estimates need to be tested with sensitivity analyses. Model assumptions highlight the complexities of cost calculations to inform resource allocation, and considerations for a disseminable delivery model are presented. Efforts are needed to systematically measure the costs and benefits of a stepped care model for EDs on college campuses, improve the precision and efficacy of ED interventions, and apply these calculations to non-US care systems with different cost structures.