A longitudinal study on the relationship between weight loss, medical expenditures, and absenteeism among overweight employees in the WAY to Health studyEric A Finkelstein
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
J Occup Environ Med 51:1367-73. 2009
..To quantify the extent to which successful weight loss among overweight/obese employees translates into subsequent savings in medical expenditures and absenteeism...
Implications of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax when substitutions to non-beverage items are consideredEric A Finkelstein
Duke NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore
J Health Econ 32:219-39. 2013
..Despite their significantly lower price elasticity, the tax has a similar effect on calories for the largest purchasers of SSBs...
- Cost-effectiveness of an injury and drowning prevention program in Bangladesh
Fazlur Rahman
Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, New DOHS Mohakhali, Bangladesh
Pediatrics 130:e1621-8. 2012
..This study presents the cost-effectiveness of a low-cost, scalable injury and drowning prevention program called Prevention of Child Injuries through Social-Intervention and Education (PRECISE) in Bangladesh...
- Hard truths and a new strategy for addressing childhood obesity
Eric A Finkelstein
Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Child Obes 8:106-9. 2012
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- Incorporating indirect costs into a cost-benefit analysis of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Eric A Finkelstein
Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Value Health 15:299-304. 2012
..The objective of this study was to estimate the time to breakeven and 5-year net costs of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) taking both direct and indirect costs and cost savings into account...
The personal financial burden of cancer for the working-aged populationEric A Finkelstein
Division of Health Services Research, Duke National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Am J Manag Care 15:801-6. 2009
..To present nationally representative estimates of the effect of cancer care on out-of-pocket medical expenditures and lost productivity for the working-aged population...
- Direct and indirect costs and potential cost savings of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding among obese patients with diabetes
Eric A Finkelstein
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
J Occup Environ Med 53:1025-9. 2011
..To estimate the time to breakeven and 5-year net costs for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding among obese patients with diabetes taking direct and indirect costs into account...
- Financial implications of coverage for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Eric A Finkelstein
Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Surg Obes Relat Dis 7:295-303. 2011
..We sought to quantify the costs and potential cost savings resulting from coverage for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) using a claims analysis...
- Impact of targeted beverage taxes on higher- and lower-income households
Eric A Finkelstein
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Arch Intern Med 170:2028-34. 2010
..Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are increasingly being considered as a strategy for addressing the obesity epidemic. We sought to investigate the differential impact of targeted beverage taxes on higher- and lower-income households...
- The costs of obesity in the workplace
Eric A Finkelstein
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
J Occup Environ Med 52:971-6. 2010
..To quantify per capita and aggregate medical expenditures and the value of lost productivity, including absenteeism and presenteeism, because of overweight, and grade I, II, and III obesity among U.S. employees...
- The economics of obesity
Eric A Finkelstein
Health Services Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1520S-1524S. 2010
..This changing environment is in response to consumers' demand for labor-saving technology and convenient, affordable food. To be successful, efforts to combat obesity therefore need to recognize and address these realities...
- The effect of weight loss on health, productivity, and medical expenditures among overweight employees
Marcel Bilger
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Med Care 51:471-7. 2013
..To test whether overweight or obese employees who achieve clinically significant weight loss of ≥5% have reduced medical expenditures, absenteeism, presenteeism, and/or improved Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL)...
- Obesity and severe obesity forecasts through 2030
Eric A Finkelstein
Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Am J Prev Med 42:563-70. 2012
..Previous efforts to forecast future trends in obesity applied linear forecasts assuming that the rise in obesity would continue unabated. However, evidence suggests that obesity prevalence may be leveling off...
