The economic impact of obesity in Kuwait: a micro-costing study evaluating the burden of obesity-related comorbidities

Figures & data

Table 1. Respondent type and sample size contributing to HCRU and unit cost estimates for the micro-costing analysis.

ORC	HCRU data source		Unit cost data source
	Respondent type	No. of respondents	Respondent type	No. of respondents
T2DM	Diabetologists	10	Administrator/procurement staff	8
	Endocrinologists	10
Asthma	Pulmonologists	10
SA	Otolaryngologists	10
OA	Orthopedists	5
CKD	Nephrologists	10
Angina	Cardiologists	15
AF
HLD
HF
HTN

Abbreviations. AF, atrial fibrillation; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HCRU, healthcare resource utilisation; HF, heart failure; HTN, hypertension; HLD, hyperlipidaemia; OA, osteoarthritis; ORC, obesity related comorbidity; SA, sleep apnea; T2DM, type 2 diabetes.

Figure 1. Summary of cost calculation approach. Abbreviations. AE, adverse events; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; IPP, inpatient procedures; ORC, obesity related comorbidity.

Table 2. Cost categories and costs (KWD; 2022) related to each ORC.

Categories	Asthma	CKD	T2DM	OA	HF	SA	HLD	AF	Angina	HTN	Total
Diagnostics	128	100	66	187	182	130	136	194	116	122	1,360
Out-patient visits	465	394	465	529	405	377	493	405	405	405	4,342
Treatments	1,406	1,264	1,275	307	160	NA	396	253	202	102	5,363
Consumables	63	3	142	52	NA	16	NA	71	NA	8	356
Monitoring tests	122	153	233	185	333	135	172	205	213	190	1,940
Adverse events	1,595	917	1,114	942	1,054	828	472	374	623	517	8,435
Complications	427	1,298	534	506	548	890	676	298	321	405	5,903
In-patient procedures	NA	39	91	204	105	253	140	111	32	NA	974
Total	4,205	4,167	3,921	2,912	2,785	2,629	2,484	1,911	1,911	1,748

Abbreviations. AF, atrial fibrillation; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HF, heart failure; HTN, hypertension; HLD, hyperlipidemia; NA, not applicable – cost category not included in the analysis for the comorbidity; OA, osteoarthritis; ORC, Obesity related comorbidity; SA, sleep apnea; T2DM, type 2 diabetes.

Figure 2. Cost contributors to total healthcare costs across 10 ORCs (%). Abbreviations. ORC, obesity related comorbidity.

Data availability statement

All supporting data for the analysis are presented in this manuscript or are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.