Obesity and health expenditures: Evidence from Australia

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-58

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a   Johar, Meliyanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Healthcare costs; Healthcare utilization; Medical care; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUP; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNDERWEIGHT; AGED; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 84926332157     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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