Microsimulation model for diabetes and complications in Singapore
20 April 2025
Main Applicant – A/Prof Kavita Venkataraman, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Currently, there is no local health outcomes model for diabetes available for economic evaluation studies. Given the ongoing and planned chronic disease interventions that could impact diabetes rates and related complications, a locally validated model is essential for accurately evaluating the cost-effectiveness and relative utility of these interventions.
This project aims to adapt the CHIME model, a simulation health outcomes model for diabetes and its complications that has been validated in the ethnic Chinese population using data from Hong Kong and mainland China, for application in the multi-ethnic Singaporean population.
The development of this model will provide cost-effectiveness estimates for various interventions and population health measures relevant to diabetes control, projecting QALY and cost impacts in both the medium and long term.