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Direct Healthcare Cost of Obesity in Brazil: An Application of the Cost-of-Illness Method from the Perspective of the Public Health System in 2011

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a global public health problem and a risk factor for several diseases that financially impact healthcare systems. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the direct costs attributable to obesity (body mass index {BMI} ≥ 30 kg/m(2)) and morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m(2)) in adults aged ≥ 20 incu...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Michele Lessa, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, da Silva, Everton Nunes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121160

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