Healthcare utilization associated with obesity and physical disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity incurs a substantial economic burden to healthcare systems. Little is known about the combined medical costs attributable to obesity among individuals with physical disabilities (PDs).

Purpose

To estimate the annual healthcare utilization and expenditure associated with overweight and obesity among adults with and without PDs.

Methods

Weighted multivariate generalized linear models were used to estimate healthcare costs and utilization among adults with and without PDs, across standard BMI categories, using the 2002-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The analyses, performed in 2013-2014, included a population representative sample of 215,107 individuals, aged ≥18 years. Overall, 36,349 adults reported moderate or significant PDs. The primary o

SUBMITTER: Peterson MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4380627 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature