Editing Eating disorder (section)

== Economics ==
* Since 2017, the number of cost-effectiveness studies regarding eating disorders appears to be increasing in the past six years.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Le LK, Hay P, Mihalopoulos C |title=A systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies of prevention and treatment for eating disorders |journal=The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=328–338 |date=April 2018 |pmid=29113456 |doi=10.1177/0004867417739690 |s2cid=4263316}}</ref>
* In 2011 United States dollars, annual healthcare costs were $1,869 greater among individuals with eating disorders compared to the general population.<ref name=":7">{{cite journal |vauthors=Samnaliev M, Noh HL, Sonneville KR, Austin SB |title=The economic burden of eating disorders and related mental health comorbidities: An exploratory analysis using the U.S. Medical Expenditures Panel Survey |journal=Preventive Medicine Reports |volume=2 |pages=32–4 |date=2015-01-01 |pmid=26844048 |pmc=4721298 |doi=10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.12.002}}</ref> The added presence of mental health comorbidities was also associated with higher, but not statistically significant, costs difference of $1,993.<ref name=":7" />
* In 2013 Canadian dollars, the total hospital cost per admission for treatment of anorexia nervosa was $51,349 and the total societal cost was $54,932 based on an average length of stay of 37.9 days.<ref name=":6">{{cite journal |vauthors=Toulany A, Wong M, Katzman DK, Akseer N, Steinegger C, Hancock-Howard RL, Coyte PC |title=Cost analysis of inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents: hospital and caregiver perspectives |journal=CMAJ Open |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=E192-7 |date=April 2015 |pmid=26389097 |pmc=4565171 |doi=10.9778/cmajo.20140086}}</ref> For every unit increase in body mass index, there was also a 15.7% decrease in hospital cost.<ref name=":6" />
* For Ontario, Canada patients who received specialized inpatient care for an eating disorder both out of country and in province, annual total healthcare costs were about $11 million before 2007 and $6.5 million in the years afterwards.<ref name=":8">{{cite journal |vauthors=de Oliveira C, Macdonald EM, Green D, Colton P, Olmsted M, Bondy S, Kurdyak P |title=Cost evaluation of out-of-country care for patients with eating disorders in Ontario: a population-based study |journal=CMAJ Open |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=E661–E667 |date=2016-11-03 |pmid=28018879 |pmc=5173482 |doi=10.9778/cmajo.20160057}}</ref> For those treated out of country alone, costs were about $5 million before 2007 and $2 million in the years afterwards.<ref name=":8" />