Cost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model.

TitleCost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsBasu, S, Jacobs, LM, Epel, E, Schillinger, D, Schmidt, L
JournalHealth Aff (Millwood)
Volume39
Issue7
Pagination1140-1148
Date Published2020 Jul
ISSN1544-5208
KeywordsBeverages, Commerce, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Humans, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Sweetening Agents, Workplace
Abstract

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) increase chronic disease risk. We estimated the impact on employee health and health care spending of banning SSB sales in California-based health care organizations. We used survey data from a large, multisite health care organization in California, sampling 2,276 employees three months before and twelve months after a workplace SSB sales ban was imposed. We incorporated the survey data into a simulation model to estimate chronic disease incidence and costs. We estimated that an SSB ban as effective as the one observed would save about $300,000 per 10,000 people over ten years among similar employers, as a result of averted health care and productivity spending-after both SSB sales losses and non-SSB beverage sales gains were accounted for. Sales bans would typically need to reduce SSB consumption by 2.2 ounces per person per day for lost revenue to be fully offset if there were no increase in non-SSB beverage sales.

DOI10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01483
Alternate JournalHealth Aff (Millwood)
PubMed ID32634357
PubMed Central IDPMC7968436
Grant ListM01 RR001271 / RR / NCRR NIH HHS / United States
P30 DK092924 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
P30 DK098722 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK116852 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States