Medical costs of overweight and obesity in public hospital

• Main Authors: Foo, Lee Peng, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Said, Rusmawati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65356/1/%286%29%20IJEM%20%28S3%29%202017%20R2%20Medical%20Costs%20of%20Overweight%20and%20Obesity%20in%20Public%20Hospital%20IJEM%20Special%20Issue.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65356/; http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol11noS3/(6)%20IJEM%20(S3)%202017%20R2%20Medical%20Costs%20of%20Overweight%20and%20Obesity%20in%20Public%20Hospital%20IJEM%20Special%20Issue.pdf

Obesity and overweight are a highly prevalent problem in the recent years, resulting in a significant financial burden to the healthcare system worldwide. The increased prevalence leads to increased multiple chronic illnesses incidence. This inevitably sparks the substantial surge in medical costs f...