1. Sleep Duration and Health Care Expenditures in the United States
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Azizi Seixas, Girardin Jean-Louis, Kumbirai Madondo, Foram Jasani, Yan Li, and José A. Pagán
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Adult ,Male ,Sleep Wake Disorders ,Adolescent ,Health Status ,Logit ,Health Behavior ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Medicine ,National Health Interview Survey ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Duration (project management) ,Medical prescription ,Socioeconomic status ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Health Services ,Middle Aged ,United States ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Female ,Health Expenditures ,0305 other medical science ,Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ,business ,Sleep ,Demography ,Sleep duration - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the average incremental health care expenditures associated with habitual long and short duration of sleep as compared to healthy/average sleep duration. DATA SOURCE: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data (2012; N=6,476) linked to the 2010–2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). STUDY DESIGN: Annual differences in health care expenditures are estimated for habitual long and short duration sleepers as compared to average duration sleepers using two-part logit generalized linear regression models. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Habitual short duration sleepers reported an additional $1,400 in total unadjusted health care expenditures compared to people with average sleep duration (p
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- 2020