Obesity, hospital services use and costs

Nana Bro Folmann; Kristine Skovgaard Bossen; Ingrid Willaing; Jan Sørensen; John Sahl Andersen; Steen Ladelund; Torben Jørgensen

Obesity, hospital services use and costs

Nana Bro Folmann, Kristine Skovgaard Bossen, Ingrid Willaing, Jan Sørensen, John Sahl Andersen, Steen Ladelund, Torben Jørgensen

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Abstract

To quantify the association between obesity and somatic hospital costs and number of overall somatic hospital contacts--number of inpatient admissions, number of outpatient visits, and number of emergency department visits--based on anthropometric measurements of waist circumference (WC) and information from The National Patient Registry and The Danish Case-Mix System (DRG).

Original language	English
Book series	Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
Volume	17
Pages (from-to)	319-32
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0731-2199
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

Keywords

Adult
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Denmark
Female
Health Behavior
Hospital Costs
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity
Registries
Regression Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Sex Distribution

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Obesity, hospital services use and costs

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Keywords

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