Direct and Indirect Cost of Obesity Among the Privately Insured in the United States: A Focus on the Impact by Type of Industry
| Autor: | B. Gabriel Smolarz, Dominique Lejeune, Mei Sheng Duh, Rahul Ganguly, Shoghag A. Aktavoukian, Cristi Cavanaugh, Abhilasha Ramasamy, Maral DerSarkissian, François Laliberté |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Adolescent Total cost Odds Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences Indirect costs Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Class I obesity Absenteeism Medicine Humans Industry Longitudinal Studies Obesity Retrospective Studies Insurance Health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Health Care Costs Middle Aged Presenteeism medicine.disease 030210 environmental & occupational health United States Hospitalization Insurance Disability Workers' Compensation Female business Body mass index Administrative Claims Healthcare Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 61(11) |
| ISSN: | 1536-5948 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To evaluate obesity-related costs and body mass index (BMI) as a cost predictor among privately insured employees by industry. METHODS Individuals with/without obesity were identified using the Optum Health Reporting and Insights employer claims database (January, 2010 to March, 2017). Direct/indirect costs were reported per-patient-per-year (PPPY). Multivariate models were used to estimate the association between obesity and high costs (more than or equal to 80th percentile) by industry. RESULTS Overall (N = 86,221), direct and absenteeism/disability cost differences between class I obesity (BMI 30.0 to 34.9) and reference were $1,775 and $617 PPPY, respectively (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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