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Estimating the healthcare cost of overweight and obesity in South Africa

Micheal Kofi Boachiea SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]

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Evelyn Thsehlaa SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information

Mustapha Immuranab Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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Ciaran Kohli-Lyncha SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;c Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Karen J Hofmana SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Figure 1. BMI classes in South Africa, 2017.

Source: Computed from NIDS [Citation37]. Notes: Underweight: < 18.5 BMI; Normal Weight: 18.5–24.9 BMI; Overweight: 25–29.9 BMI; Obese: ≥30 BMI. Age group: ≥15 years.

Table 1. Epidemiological data of obesity-related conditions at baseline

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Table 2. Relative risk and population attributable fraction for weight-related diseases in South Africa

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Table 3. Direct Medical Costs of Treating NCDs and Obesity cost, in million rand (ZAR)

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Table 4. Sensitivity analysis for cost of overweight and obesity in 2020, million rand (ZAR)

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Estimating the healthcare cost of overweight and obesity in South Africa

Table 1. Epidemiological data of obesity-related conditions at baseline

Table 2. Relative risk and population attributable fraction for weight-related diseases in South Africa

Table 3. Direct Medical Costs of Treating NCDs and Obesity cost, in million rand (ZAR)

Table 4. Sensitivity analysis for cost of overweight and obesity in 2020, million rand (ZAR)

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Table 1. Epidemiological data of obesity-related conditions at baseline

Table 2. Relative risk and population attributable fraction for weight-related diseases in South Africa

Table 3. Direct Medical Costs of Treating NCDs and Obesity cost, in million rand (ZAR)

Table 4. Sensitivity analysis for cost of overweight and obesity in 2020, million rand (ZAR)

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