TABLE 3.
Additional average weight expenditures (total expenditures and by service type) (n = 39,457)
| Total
|
Inpatient
|
Outpatient
|
Home health
|
Prescription drugs
|
Emergency room
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | |
| People with disabilities (compared with normal weight) | ||||||||||||
| Cost of being overweight | −$482 | (299) | −$733 | (207)* | −$76 | (91) | −$138 | (92) | $296 | (80)* | −$2 | (15) |
| Cost of being obese | $2,459 | (351)* | $36 | (184) | $609 | (114)* | $1 | (89) | $1,297 | (132)* | $61 | (14)* |
| People without disabilities (compared with normal weight) | ||||||||||||
| Cost of being overweight | −$120 | (98) | −$213 | (59)* | −$13 | (44) | −$5 | (3) | $101 | (21)* | −$1 | (7) |
| Cost of being obese | $889 | (112)* | $27 | (54) | $350 | (56)* | $1 | (4) | $414 | (34)* | $35 | (8)* |
Source: RTI International Analysis of the 2004–2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Numbers in parenthesis are standard errors.
*
p < 0.05.