Savings in Medical Expenditures Associated with Reductions in Body Mass Index Among US Adults with Obesity, by Diabetes Status

Background The prevalence of obesity has more than doubled in the USA in the past 30 years. Obesity is a significant risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other clinically significant co-morbidities. This paper estimates the medical care cost savings that can be achieved from a given...
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Autor*in:

Cawley, John [verfasserIn]

Meyerhoefer, Chad [verfasserIn]

Biener, Adam [verfasserIn]

Hammer, Mette [verfasserIn]

Wintfeld, Neil [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2014

Schlagwörter:

Body Mass Index

Instrumental Variable

Medical Expenditure

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Biological Child

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: PharmacoEconomics - Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 1992, 33(2014), 7 vom: 09. Nov., Seite 707-722

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:33 ; year:2014 ; number:7 ; day:09 ; month:11 ; pages:707-722

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s40273-014-0230-2

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SPR033347670

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