The analysis examines the costs associated with obesity for individuals with large employer private insurance, using data from Merative MarketScan’s commercial claims and encounters database from 2011 to 2021. Pocket spending as people without an obesity diagnosis. The analysis also examines the costs of common surgical and pharmacological treatments for obesity.
The analysis is available via the Peterson-KFF Health System Trackeran online information center that monitors and evaluates the performance of the US health care system.
