From: Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium
Health expenses | Total | Underweight BMI < 18 | Normal weight 18 ≤ BMI < 24.5 | Overweight 25 ≤ BMI < 29.5 | Obese BMI ≥ 30 | |||||
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 | Mean | % of total | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI |
Ambulatory care | 1,766 | 58 | 1,585 | 1,203–1,968 | 1,413 | 1,288–1,538 | 2,061 | 1,814–2,307 | 2,299 | 2,054–2,545 |
Hospital care | 932 | 30 | 1,184 | 616–1,707 | 741 | 616–865 | 1,004 | 870–1,128 | 1,370 | 1,115–1,625 |
Reimbursed medicines | 291 | 9.5 | 181 | 124–239 | 209 | 178–239 | 327 | 229–366 | 511 | 440–583 |
Not specified | 77 | 2.5 | 87 | 56–118 | 63 | 52–74 | 83 | 73–94 | 107 | 88–126 |
Total health care cost | 3,066 | 100 | 3,038 | 2,252–3,824 | 2,426 | 2,192–2,660 | 3,475 | 3,133–3,818 | 4,288 | 3,803–4,772 |