Obesity, hospital services use and costs

Nana Bro Folmann; Kristine Skovgaard Bossen; Ingrid Willaing; Jan Sørensen; John Sahl Andersen; Steen Ladelund; Torben Jørgensen

Obesity, hospital services use and costs

Nana Bro Folmann, Kristine Skovgaard Bossen, Ingrid Willaing, Jan Sørensen, John Sahl Andersen, Steen Ladelund, Torben Jørgensen

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Abstract

To quantify the association between obesity and somatic hospital costs and number of overall somatic hospital contacts--number of inpatient admissions, number of outpatient visits, and number of emergency department visits--based on anthropometric measurements of waist circumference (WC) and information from The National Patient Registry and The Danish Case-Mix System (DRG).

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Bogserie	Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
Vol/bind	17
Sider (fra-til)	319-32
Antal sider	14
ISSN	0731-2199
Status	Udgivet - 1 jan. 2007

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