Expenditures Of Metabolic Diseases – An Estimation on National Health Care Expenditures of Diabetes and Obesity, Hungary 2013

Abstract

Although expenditures for some obesity related pathologies analyzed in this paper represent 0.28% of the national GDP, considering other morbidities and other patient's expenses, the real ratio could be between 0.5-1%. The increasing number of overweight and obese persons requires more focus in public health, higher awareness in the society and more governmental support.