Estimating the healthcare cost of overweight and obesity in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. This presents a major burden to health systems and to society in South Africa. Collectively, these conditions are overwhelming public healthcare. This is happening when the country has embarked on a journey to universal health coverage, hence the need to estimate the cost of overweight and obesity.

Objective

Our objective was to estimate the healthcare cost associated with treatment of weight-related conditions from the perspective of the South African public sector payer.

Methods

Using a bottom-up gross costing approach, this study draws data from multiple sources to estimate the direct healthcare cost of overweight and obesity in South Africa. Population Attributable Fractions (PA

SUBMITTER: Boachie MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9004491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature