Sleep Duration and Health Care Expenditures in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the average incremental health care expenditures associated with habitual long and short duration of sleep as compared with healthy/average sleep duration.

Data source

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data (2012; N=6476) linked to the 2010-2011 National Health Interview Survey.

Study design

Annual differences in health care expenditures are estimated for habitual long and short duration sleepers as compared with average duration sleepers using 2-part logit generalized linear regression models.

Principal findings

Habitual short duration sleepers reported an additional $1400 in total unadjusted health care expenditures compared to people with average sleep duration (P<0.01). After adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic factors, and health

SUBMITTER: Jasani FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature