Association between Lifestyle-Disease Diagnosis or Risk Status and Medical Care Costs in a Japanese Corporation

• Published in: American journal of health promotion Vol. 19; no. 3_suppl; pp. 249 - 254
• Main Authors: Nishimura, Yumiko, Chikamoto, Yosuke, Arima, Hideaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Chronic Disease - classification; Chronic Disease - economics; Costs; Cross-Sectional Studies; Employees; Employer Health Costs; Female; Health care; Health Expenditures; Health risks; Health Status; Health technology assessment; Humans; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; Life Style; Lifestyle; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Health Services - economics; Occupational Health Services - utilization; Predictors; Prevention; Risk Assessment; Japan; Medical Care Costs; Prevention Research; Health Risk

Purpose. This study examined the differences in medical care costs among (1) individuals who carried the diagnosis of selected lifestyle diseases (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia), (2) individuals whose levels of risks (blood glucose, blood pressure, and total cholesterol) satisf...