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Tytuł:
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The lifetime medical cost burden of overweight and obesity: implications for obesity prevention.
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Autorzy:
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Finkelstein EA; RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. />Trogdon JG
Brown DS
Allaire BT
Dellea PS
Kamal-Bahl SJ
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Źródło:
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Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) [Obesity (Silver Spring)] 2008 Aug; Vol. 16 (8), pp. 1843-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 May 29.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: 2013- : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons
Original Publication: Silver Spring, MD : NAASO, the Obesity Society, c2006-
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MeSH Terms:
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Health Care Costs/*trends
Obesity/*economics
Obesity/*prevention & control
Overweight/*economics
Overweight/*prevention & control
Adult ; Black People ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data ; Health Promotion/economics ; Humans ; Insurance, Health/economics ; Male ; Medicare/economics ; Middle Aged ; Obesity/ethnology ; Overweight/ethnology ; Private Sector ; Sex Characteristics ; United States ; White People
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20080607 Date Completed: 20081021 Latest Revision: 20221207
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1038/oby.2008.290
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PMID:
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18535543
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This study quantifies age-specific and lifetime costs for overweight (BMI: 25-29.9), obese I (BMI: 30-34.9), and obese II/III (BMI: >35) adults separately by race/gender strata. We use these results to demonstrate why private sector firms are likely to underinvest in obesity prevention efforts. Not only does the existence of Medicare reduce the economic burden that obesity imposes on private payers, but, from the perspective of a 20-year-old obese adult, the short-term costs of obesity are small. This suggests that legislation that subsidizes wellness programs and/or mandates coverage for obesity treatments might make all firms better off. Ironically, Medicare has a greater incentive to prevent obesity because when an obese 65 year old enters the program, his/her costs are immediate and higher than costs for normal weight individuals.