Finkelstein Eric A, Fiebelkorn Ian C, Wang Guijing
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jan-Jun;Suppl Web Exclusives:W3-219-26. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.w3.219.
We use a regression framework and nationally representative data to compute aggregate overweight- and obesity-attributable medical spending for the United States and for select payers. Combined, such expenditures accounted for 9.1 percent of total annual U.S. medical expenditures in 1998 and may have been as high as dollar 78.5 billion (dollar 92.6 billion in 2002 dollars). Medicare and Medicaid finance approximately half of these costs.
我们使用一个回归框架和具有全国代表性的数据，来计算美国及部分付款人的超重和肥胖所致医疗总支出。这些支出加起来在1998年占美国年度医疗总支出的9.1%，可能高达785亿美元（按2002年美元计算为926亿美元）。医疗保险和医疗补助计划承担了这些费用的大约一半。
