Out-Of-Pocket Expenditure Associated with Physical Inactivity, Excessive Weight, and Obesity in China: Quantile Regression Approach

• Main Authors: Zhao, Yang, He, Li, Marthias, Tiara, Ishida, Marie, Anindya, Kanya, Desloge, Allissa, D'Souza, Monique, Cao, Gaofang, Lee, John Tayu
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: S. Karger AG 2022
• Subjects: Human Movement and Sports Science; Exercise Physiology
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283642/1/Add_Yang%20Zhao_Out%20of%20pocket%20expenditure.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283642/; https://karger.com/ofa/article/15/3/416/825728
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Introduction: Previous studies exploring associations of physical inactivity, obesity, and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) mainly used traditional linear regression, and little is known about the effect of both physical inactivity and obesity on OOPE across the percentile distribution. This study a...