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Table 4 Aggregate total medical spending attributable to levels of obesity and overweight, by service linea

From: Changes in healthcare spending attributable to obesity and overweight: payer- and service-specific estimates

 

Service Line

Overweight

Obese 1

Obese 2

Obese 3

2016

Inpatient

3.9 (3.17) 12.4

3.5 (2.08) 10.9

1.9 (1.20) 5.9

2.5 (0.88) 7.8

Non-Inpatient

3.9 (2.05) 16.7

4.0 (1.42) 17.4

3.5 (1.01) 15.0

2.5 (0.62) 10.5

Rx

−1.2 (2.05) -4.2

5.3 (1.56) 18.0

4.1 (0.99) 14.1

4.3 (0.58) 14.9

2006

Inpatient

1.8 (3.33) 5.1

2.4 (1.68) 6.8

3.2 (1.00) 9.1

3.9 (1.09) 11.2

Non-inpatient

0.2 (1.70) 0.5

5.6 (1.35) 16.9

3.0 (0.84) 9.2

2.2 (0.48) 6.8

Rx

5.1 (1.19) 12.2

7.6 (1.28) 18.3

4.3 (0.43) 10.2

4.2 (0.44) 10.0

  1. Attributable fraction (%) and Total spending ($ million). Standard error in parentheses
  2. aThe Totals were calculated by adding up the columns. We also calculated AF and Total Spending independently and found similar results