Journal article
Health-care costs of underweight, overweight and obesity: Australian population-based study
SA Clifford, L Gold, FK Mensah, PW Jansen, N Lucas, JM Nicholson, M Wake
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12932
Abstract
Aim Child health varies with body mass index (BMI), but it is unknown by what age or how much this attracts additional population health-care costs. We aimed to determine the (1) cross-sectional relationships between BMI and costs across the first decade of life and (2) in longitudinal analyses, whether costs increase with duration of underweight or obesity. Methods Participants: Baby (n = 4230) and Kindergarten (n = 4543) cohorts in the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Outcome: Medicare Benefits Scheme (including all general practitioner plus a large proportion of paediatrician visits) plus prescription medication costs to federal government from birth to..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Awards
Awarded by Early Career Fellowships
Awarded by Senior Research Fellowship
Awarded by Rubicon from Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Funding Acknowledgements
This paper uses unit record data from Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The study is conducted in partnership between the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The findings and views reported in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to DSS, AIFS or the ABS. We thank all the parents and children who took part in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Funding: The authors were supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Awards (546405, MW; 390136, JN), Early Career Fellowships (1037449, FM; 1035100, LG) and Senior Research Fellowship (1046518, MW). PWJ was supported by Rubicon grant #446-11-010 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) with the Marie Cofund Action, and a stipend from the Ter Meulen Fund of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). MCRI research is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The Parenting Research Centre receives funding from the Victorian Government Department of Education and Early Child Development. The researchers were independent of the funders.