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Excess body weight increases the burden of age-associated chronic diseases and their associated health care expenditures.
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- Semaglutide 2.4 mg for Obese Patients with MASH: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from the Italian NHS Perspective.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2026Article
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- The interplay between excess weight and hyper-glycemia on NCDs in Italy: results from a cross-sectional study.Acta diabetologica · 2024Article
- Outpatient healthcare costs associated with overweight and obesity in Italy.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Sedentary behavior, abdominal obesity and healthcare costs in Brazilian adults with cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2023Article
- The economic burden of obesity in Italy: a cost-of-illness study.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2022Article
- Bariatric surgery in over 60 years old patients: is it worth it?Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Combined Effect of Famine Exposure and Obesity Parameters on Hypertension in the Midaged and Older Adult: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- A comprehensive descriptive assessment of obesity related chronic morbidity and estimated annual cost burden from a population-based electronic health record database.Israel journal of health policy research · 2020Article
- Trends in age-related disease burden and healthcare utilization.Aging cell · 2019Article
- Determinants of outpatient expenditure within primary care in the Brazilian National Health System.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaArticle
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Abstract
Aging and excessive adiposity are both associated with an increased risk of developing multiple chronic diseases, which drive ever increasing health costs. The main aim of this study was to determine the net (non-estimated) health costs of excessive adiposity and associated age-related chronic diseases. We used a prevalence-based approach that combines accurate data from the Health Search CSD-LPD, an observational dataset with patient records collected by Italian general practitioners and up-to-date health care expenditures data from the SiSSI Project. In this very large study, 557,145 men and women older than 18 years were observed at different points in time between 2004 and 2010. The proportion of younger and older adults reporting no chronic disease decreased with increasing BMI. After adjustment for age, sex, geographic residence, and GPs heterogeneity, a strong J-shaped association was found between BMI and total health care costs, more pronounced in middle-aged and older adults. Relative to normal weight, in the 45-64 age group, the per-capita total cost was 10% higher in overweight individuals, and 27 to 68% greater in patients with obesity and very severe obesity, respectively. The association between BMI and diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease largely explained these elevated costs.
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