2009
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.67
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The Impact of Obesity on Health Service Utilization and Costs in Childhood

Abstract: Most studies of the economic costs of childhood obesity have focused upon hospitalization for comorbidities of obesity, whereas increased expenditures may also be the result of additional outpatient/emergency room visits or prescription drug expenditures. To quantify the magnitude of increased health‐care utilization and expenditures among overweight and obese children, we performed descriptive, bivariate, and multivariable analyses on data from 6‐ to 19‐year olds in the 2002–2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Sur… Show more

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“…1,4,5 Pediatric obesity contributes an additional $14.1 billion to health care costs. 6 These epidemics disproportionately affect minority children with lower socioeconomic status, many of whom live in urban communities. 1,5,7 For example, the majority of children admitted for asthma reside in urban areas and mean hospital charges are highest for this group.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,4,5 Pediatric obesity contributes an additional $14.1 billion to health care costs. 6 These epidemics disproportionately affect minority children with lower socioeconomic status, many of whom live in urban communities. 1,5,7 For example, the majority of children admitted for asthma reside in urban areas and mean hospital charges are highest for this group.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…D.H.H.S., 2010), that significantly raise health care costs for youth (Trasande and Chatterjee, 2009;Trasande, Liu, Fryer et al, 2009). (Lee et al, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The direct costs of childhood obesity include annual prescription drug, emergency room, and outpatient costs of $14.1 billion, 29 plus inpatient costs of $237.6 million. 30 An even larger cost is incurred when obese children become obese adults.…”
Section: Economic Consequences Of Childhood Obesitymentioning
confidence: 99%