The impact of BMI on direct costs in Children and Adolescents: Empirical findings for the German Healthcare System based on the KiGGS-study

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Wenig, Christina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cost of illness; Healthcare utilisation; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 85028105587     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0278-7     Document Type: Article

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