The future costs of cancer attributable to excess body weight in Brazil, 2030-2040.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excess body weight (EBW), herein defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m², is a well-known modifiable risk factor for cancer and a pivotal vector for growing healthcare costs. We estimated the future (2030) federal direct healthcare costs of cancer in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) attributable to EBW. We also projected direct healthcare costs of cancer that could be potentially saved in 2040, considering counterfactual (alternative) scenarios of population-wide reductions in the BMI to be achievedin 2030.

Methods

We developed a macrosimulation model by sex using self-reported BMI data in adults ≥ 20 years who relied exclusively on the public health system from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS) 2019; relative risks for 12 types of

SUBMITTER: Rezende LFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9215059 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature