RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Sep-Oct;28(5):w822-31. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.w822. Epub 2009 Jul 27.
In 1998 the medical costs of obesity were estimated to be as high as $78.5 billion, with roughly half financed by Medicare and Medicaid. This analysis presents updated estimates of the costs of obesity for the United States across payers (Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers), in separate categories for inpatient, non-inpatient, and prescription drug spending. We found that the increased prevalence of obesity is responsible for almost $40 billion of increased medical spending through 2006, including $7 billion in Medicare prescription drug costs. We estimate that the medical costs of obesity could have risen to $147 billion per year by 2008.
1998 年，肥胖的医疗费用估计高达 785 亿美元，其中约一半由医疗保险和医疗补助支付。本分析提供了美国在不同支付方（医疗保险、医疗补助和私人保险公司）之间肥胖成本的最新估计，分别列出了住院、非住院和处方药支出的类别。我们发现，肥胖症的发病率上升导致 2006 年医疗支出增加了近 400 亿美元，其中包括医疗保险处方药费用 70 亿美元。我们估计，到 2008 年，肥胖症的医疗费用可能会增加到每年 1470 亿美元。
