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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2010 Oct 26;44(6):524–530. doi: 10.1002/eat.20842

Table 3.

Results from comparison of health services cost data between BED and RBE using gamma regressions

Independent Variables Dependent Variables (2006 US $)
Weight- and Eating Disorder - related costs Mental Health- related costs Other Provider- based costs Mental Health medication costs Total medication costs Total costs
Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p
BED indicator −0.724 .38 −0.042 .94 −0.167 .57 0.118 .76 −0.114 .72 −0.117 .63
Age 0.067 .29 0.008 .80 0.032 .06 0.042 .07 0.051 .001 0.031 .02
BMI 0.046 .42 0.028 .59 −0.014 .58 0.081 .01 0.077 .001 0.014 .50
BDI1 0.005 .86 0.042 .43 0.042 .05 0.009 .77 0.028 .21 0.039 .03
Constant 4.300 .00 5.896 .00 7.569 .00 5.720 .00 6.585 .00 8.067 .00
1

Two participants did not have complete BDI data (one in the BED group, the other in the RBE group).