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Healthcare usage and economic impact of non-treated obesity in Italy: findings from a retrospective administrative and clinical database analysis.
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- Costs of mental health care resource use in people with obesity: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- The overweight and obesity landscape in italy: data from the Italy cohort of the multi-country IMPACT-O study.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Article
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- Obesity in Italy: An Empirical Analysis of Healthcare Consumption, Quality of Life and Comorbidities.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- First national analysis of severe obesity hospitalizations in Italy: insights from discharge card database.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Effect of Catgut Embedding at Acupoints Versus Nonacupoints in Abdominal Obesity: Protocol for a Multicenter, Double-Blind, 16-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Obesity and metabolic state are associated with increased healthcare resource and medication use and costs: a Finnish population-based study.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 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
- Physical Activity in the Daily Life of Adolescents: Factors Affecting Healthy Choices from a Discrete Choice Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Shadow cost of oral corticosteroids-related adverse events: A pharmacoeconomic evaluation applied to real-life data from the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesInvestigate the prevalence of obesity in Italy and examine its resource consumption and economic impact on the Italian national healthcare system (NHS).
designRetrospective, observational and real-life study.
settingData from three health units from Northern (Bergamo, Lombardy), Central (Grosseto, Tuscany) and Southern (Naples, Campania) Italy.
participantsAll patients aged ≥18 years with at least one recorded body mass index (BMI) measurement between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012 were included.
interventionsInformation retrieved from the databases included primary care data, medical prescriptions, specialist consultations and hospital discharge records from 2009-2013. Costs associated with these data were also calculated. Data are presented for two time periods (1 year after BMI measurement and study end). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary-to estimate health resources consumption and the associated economic impact on the Italian NHS. Secondary-the prevalence and characteristics of subjects by BMI category.
results20 159 adult subjects with at least one documented BMI measurement. Subjects with BMI ≥30 kg/m
conclusionsUntreated obesity has a significant economic impact on the Italian healthcare system, highlighting the need to raise awareness and proactively treat obese subjects.
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