We noted you are experiencing viewing problems
-
Check with your IT department that JWPlatform, JWPlayer and Amazon AWS & CloudFront are not being blocked by your network. The relevant domains are *.jwplatform.com, *.jwpsrv.com, *.jwpcdn.com, jwpltx.com, jwpsrv.a.ssl.fastly.net, *.amazonaws.com and *.cloudfront.net. The relevant ports are 80 and 443.
-
Check the following talk links to see which ones work correctly:
Auto Mode
HTTP Progressive Download Send us your results from the above test links at access@hstalks.com and we will contact you with further advice on troubleshooting your viewing problems. -
No luck yet? More tips for troubleshooting viewing issues
-
Contact HST Support access@hstalks.com
-
Please review our troubleshooting guide for tips and advice on resolving your viewing problems.
-
For additional help, please don't hesitate to contact HST support access@hstalks.com
We hope you have enjoyed this limited-length demo
This is a limited length demo talk; you may
login or
review methods of
obtaining more access.
Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Health economics terminology (1)
- Health economics terminology (2)
- International estimates of the costs
- Economic impact of obesity in different countries
- USA cost of obesity
- The direct cost of overweight and obesity 2004
- Direct cost of chronic disease in the USA 2004
- Costs of obesity comparing to other lifestyle isues
- Health care costs by BMI category, 2000
- Financial impact of obesity among older people
- Annual per capita cost of obesity/age - men
- Annual per capita cost of obesity/age - women
- BMI is a predictor of future medical charges
- Annual per capita cost of obesity/race - men
- Annual per capita cost of obesity/race - women
- Health care costs by degree of obesity
- Greater percent increase in pharmaceutical use
- Swedish obese subjects study
- Medical spending (%) attributable to obesity
- Private health insurance spending
- Major cost drivers of obesity
- The costs to the workplace
- Estimated cost of obesity to U.S business in 1994
- Obesity is associated with loss in productivity
- Obesity is associated with rates of disability
- Economic effect of obesity to business
- Hours of productivity lost by health risk
- Short term disability
- Is treating obesity cost effective?
- Criteria that make treatment justified
- Criteria 2-5 for justifying treatment
- Cost of obesity treatments
- How do benefits compare with costs?
- Life style intervention
- Impact on daily medication use
- Pharmacotherapy
- Pharmaceutical cost savings
- Pharmacotherapy decreases diabetes medication
- Cost effectiveness frame work
- Cost effectiveness of Xenical
- Surgery
- Weight loss by surgical intervention
- Medication costs
- Weight loss by surgical intervention - Sweden
- Weight loss by surgical intervention - Canada
- Weight loss by surgery may decrease sick leave
- Conclusion
Topics Covered
- International cost estimates
- Benchmark cost estimates
- Direct cost in the US by demographics
- Impact on productivity
- Impact of weight loss on health care costs: lifestyle, pharmacotherapy and surgical interventions
Links
Series:
Categories:
Therapeutic Areas:
Talk Citation
Wolf, A. (2007, October 1). Health economics of obesity: new insights [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 6, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/OZXX9124.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Dr. Anne Wolf has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.