National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: how much, and who's paying?

By E. Finkelstein, Ian C. Fiebelkorn, Guijing Wang. Health Affairs, 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Economic causes and consequences of obesity. (2005, methodology): “Obesity is responsible for between 5% and 7% of the total annual medical expenditures in the United States or $75 billion per year (20).”
The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity (2011, background): “Finkelstein et al. (2003) estimate that obese Medicare (Medicaid) recipients cost $1,486 ($864) more per year than such recipients of normal weight.”
The economic burden of obesity worldwide: a systematic review of the direct costs of obesity (2011, background): “1% (32) of total healthcare expenditures.”
Impatience, Incentives and Obesity (2015, positive): “Treating obesity-related conditions costs an estimated $117 billion annually, with about half of these expenditures nanced by Medicare and Medicaid (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2001; Finkelstein et al., 2003).”
Annual medical spending attributable to obesity: payer-and service-specific estimates. (2009, result): “For comparison, this figure also presents 1998 estimates as reported in our earlier work.(1)”
The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approach. (2012, neutral): “Many previous papers have estimated the association of obesity with medical care costs (e.g. Finkelstein et al., 2009; Trasande et al., 2009; Thorpe et al., 2004; Finkelstein et al., 2003; Kortt et al., 1998).”
Childhood obesity. (2002, background): “1 percent of all medical expenditures.(1) These diseases have contributed significantly to the increased healthcare expenditures in the last three decades and this trend is predicted to continue.”