Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand Lal, Anita, Moodie, Marj, Ashton, Toni, Siahpush, Mohammad and Swinburn, Boyd 2012, Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 550-556, doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00931.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand Author(s) Lal, Anita Moodie, Marj Ashton, Toni Siahpush, Mohammad Swinburn, Boyd Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 36 Issue number 6 Start page 550 End page 556 Total pages 7 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Richmond, Vic. Publication date 2012 ISSN 1326-0200 Keyword(s) obesity lost productivity costs health care costs Summary Objective: To estimate the costs of health care and lost productivity attributable to overweight and obesity in New Zealand (NZ) in 2006. Methods: A prevalence-based approach to costing was used in which costs were calculated for all cases of disease in the year 2006. Population attributable fractions (PAFs) were calculated based on the relative risks obtained from large cohort studies and the prevalence of overweight and obesity. For each disease, the PAF was multiplied by the total health care cost. The costs of lost productivity associated with premature mortality were estimated using both the Human Capital approach (HCA) and Friction Cost approach (FCA). Results: Health care costs attributable to overweight and obesity were estimated to be NZ$686m or 4.5% of New Zealand's total health care expenditure in 2006. The costs of lost productivity using the FCA were estimated to be NZ$98m and NZ$225m using the HCA. The combined costs of health care and lost productivity using the FCA were $784m and $911m using the HCA. Conclusion: The cost burden of overweight and obesity in NZ is considerable. Implications: Policies and interventions are urgently needed to reduce the prevalence of obesity thereby decreasing these substantial costs. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00931.x Field of Research 111715 Pacific Peoples Health Socio Economic Objective 920308 Pacific Peoples Health - Determinants of Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050500 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Population Health Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 11 Feb 2013, 11:39:24 EST Wed, 20 Feb 2013, 10:30:04 EST Wed, 20 Feb 2013, 10:31:06 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 18:00:43 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 17:58:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 21 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 251 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 11 Feb 2013, 11:39:10 EST by Jane Moschetti

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