Estimating the Medical Care Costs of Obesity in the United States: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Empirical Analysis

Value in Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 602-613

  Kim, David D ^a   Basu, Anirban ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

economic burden; medical care costs; obesity; United States

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962433226     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.02.008     Document Type: Review

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