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Impact of BMI and BMI change on future drug expenditures in adults: results from the MONICA/KORA cohort study

BACKGROUND: The evidence on the long-term economic effects of obesity is still scarce. This study aims to analyse the impact of body mass index (BMI) and BMI-change on future pharmaceutical utilisation and expenditures. METHODS: Based on data from 2,946 participants in a German population-based heal...

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Autores principales: Teuner, Christina M, Menn, Petra, Heier, Margit, Holle, Rolf, John, Jürgen, Wolfenstetter, Silke B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24139278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-424