Costs associated with depression and obesity among cardiovascular patients: medical expenditure panel survey analysis

• Main Authors: Felipe Saia Tápias (Author), Victor Henrique Oyamada Otani (Author), Daniel Augusto Corrêa Vasques (Author), Thais Zelia Santos Otani (Author), Ricardo Riyoiti Uchida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is a lack of information on the cost of depression associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases in the literature. Methods We evaluated the synergistic effects of depression and obesity on total expenditures for cardiovascular conditions using data from th...