Costs Attributable to Overweight and Obesity in Working Asthma Patients in the United States
| العنوان: | Costs Attributable to Overweight and Obesity in Working Asthma Patients in the United States |
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| المؤلفون: | Seungwon Jeung, Hee Song, Chongwon Chang, Sujin Jung, Byoung Whui Choi, Dong-Churl Suh, Haedong Park, Yoon Kyeong Bai, Jong Hwa Song, Seung Mi Lee |
| المصدر: | Yonsei Medical Journal |
| بيانات النشر: | Yonsei University College of Medicine, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Employment, Male, obesity, medicine.medical_specialty, Allergy, Efficiency, Overweight, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cost of Illness, Environmental health, Health care, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Asthma, productivity loss costs, attributable costs, business.industry, Public health, treatment costs, Health Care Costs, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Obesity, United States, Confidence interval, 030228 respiratory system, Physical therapy, Female, Original Article, Health Expenditures, medicine.symptom, business, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
| الوصف: | Purpose To estimate annual health care and productivity loss costs attributable to overweight or obesity in working asthmatic patients. Materials and methods This study was conducted using the 2003-2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) in the United States. Patients aged 18 to 64 years with asthma were identified via self-reported diagnosis, a Clinical Classification Code of 128, or a ICD-9-CM code of 493.xx. All-cause health care costs were estimated using a generalized linear model with a log function and a gamma distribution. Productivity loss costs were estimated in relation to hourly wages and missed work days, and a two-part model was used to adjust for patients with zero costs. To estimate the costs attributable to overweight or obesity in asthma patients, costs were estimated by the recycled prediction method. Results Among 11670 working patients with a diagnosis of asthma, 4428 (35.2%) were obese and 3761 (33.0%) were overweight. The health care costs attributable to obesity and overweight in working asthma patients were estimated to be $878 [95% confidence interval (CI): $861-$895] and $257 (95% CI: $251-$262) per person per year, respectively, from 2003 to 2013. The productivity loss costs attributable to obesity and overweight among working asthma patients were $256 (95% CI: $253-$260) and $26 (95% CI: $26-$27) per person per year, respectively. Conclusion Health care and productivity loss costs attributable to overweight and obesity in asthma patients are substantial. This study's results highlight the importance of effective public health and educational initiatives targeted at reducing overweight and obesity among patients with asthma, which may help lower the economic burden of asthma. |
| تدمد: | 1976-2437 0513-5796 2003-2013 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e8dcf7f604a676faa7d9a6202aad769bTest https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2017.58.1.187Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e8dcf7f604a676faa7d9a6202aad769b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19762437 05135796 20032013 |
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