Incremental Hospital Charges Associated With Obesity as a Secondary Diagnosis in Children

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the association of obesity as a comorbidity with hospital charges, by comparing charges for pediatric hospitalizations with vs. without obesity as a secondary diagnosis. METHODS: Using the 2000 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Kids' Inpatie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2007-07, Vol.15 (7), p.1895-1901
Hauptverfasser:	Woolford, Susan J, Gebremariam, Achamyeleh, Clark, Sarah J, Davis, Matthew M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Appendicitis Asthma body fat Child child nutrition Child, Hospitalized - education Child, Hospitalized - statistics & numerical data Child, Preschool children Classification Codes Comorbidity complications Cost of Illness Diagnosis related groups disease diagnosis DRGs economics health care costs Hospital costs Hospitalization hospitals Humans Initiatives Inpatients Length of Stay Michigan - epidemiology Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Overweight Pediatrics Pneumonia Pregnancy Public policy secondary diagnosis Software walking
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