Sleep Duration and Health Care Expenditures in the United States

Autor: Azizi Seixas, Girardin Jean-Louis, Kumbirai Madondo, Foram Jasani, Yan Li, José A. Pagán
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Med Care
ISSN: 1537-1948
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To estimate the average incremental health care expenditures associated with habitual long and short duration of sleep as compared to healthy/average sleep duration. DATA SOURCE: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data (2012; N=6,476) linked to the 2010–2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). STUDY DESIGN: Annual differences in health care expenditures are estimated for habitual long and short duration sleepers as compared to average duration sleepers using two-part logit generalized linear regression models. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Habitual short duration sleepers reported an additional $1,400 in total unadjusted health care expenditures compared to people with average sleep duration (p
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