Body Mass Index and Associated Medical Expenditures in the US Among Privately Insured Individuals Aged 2 to 19 Years in 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nearly 40% of US youth aged 2 to 19 years do not have a body mass index (BMI) in the healthy weight category. However, there are no recent estimates for BMI-associated expenditures using clinical or claims data.

Objective

To estimate medical expenditures among US youth across all BMI categories along with sex and age groups.

Design, setting, participants

This cross-sectional study used IQVIA's ambulatory electronic medical records (AEMR) data set linked with IQVIA's PharMetrics Plus Claims database from January 2018 through December 2018. Analysis was performed from March 25, 2022, through June 20, 2022. It included a convenience sample of a geographically diverse patient population from AEMR and PharMetrics Plus. The study sample included privately insured

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318546 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature