Cost-effectiveness of Installing Barriers at Bridge and Cliff Sites for Suicide Prevention in Australia

P Bandara; J Pirkis; A Clapperton; S Shin; LS Too; L Reifels; S Onie; A Page; K Andriessen; K Krysinska; A Flego; M Schlichthorst; MJ Spittal; C Mihalopoulos; L Khanh-Dao Le

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Cost-effectiveness of Installing Barriers at Bridge and Cliff Sites for Suicide Prevention in Australia

P Bandara, J Pirkis, A Clapperton, S Shin, LS Too, L Reifels, S Onie, A Page, K Andriessen, K Krysinska, A Flego, M Schlichthorst, MJ Spittal, C Mihalopoulos, L Khanh-Dao Le

JAMA Network Open | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6019

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE Installation of barriers has been shown to reduce suicides. To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of installing barriers at multiple bridge and cliff sites where suicides are known to occur. OBJECTIVE To examine the cost-effectiveness of installing barriers at bridge and cliff sites throughout Australia. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This economic evaluation used an economic model to examine the costs, costs saved, and reductions in suicides if barriers were installed across identified bridge and cliff sites over 5 and 10 years. Specific and accessible bridge and cliff sites across Australia that reported 2 or more suicides over a 5-year period wer..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded through the Australian Government National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Programme. Dr Pirkis is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant and holds a Partnership Project Grant (Nos. 1173126 and 1191874). Dr Clapperton and Mr Shin are supported by the Partnership Project Grant (No. 1191874). Dr Too is supported by a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (No. GNT1156849). Dr Andriessen is supported by a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (No. 1157796) and an Early Career Researcher Grant of the University of Melbourne (No. ECR1202020). Dr Spittal is a recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (project No. FT180100075) funded by the Australian Government. Dr Le is supported by the Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2021-2022.