From: Economic costs of obesity in Thailand: a retrospective cost-of-illness study
Cost | Million baht | % |
---|---|---|
Direct cost (health care cost) | 5,584 | 46 |
  OPD | 850 |  |
  IPD | 4,734 |  |
Indirect cost (productivity loss) | 6,558 | 54 |
  Premature mortality | 5,864 |  |
  Hospital-related absenteeism | 694 |  |
Total cost | 12,142 | 100 |
% of total cost in term of GDP | 0.13 | |
% of Health care cost in term of National health care expenditure [37] | 1.5 |