The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 216-221.e1, February 2012

Health Care Utilization from Prevalent Medical Conditions in Normal-Weight, Overweight, and Obese Children

  • Sara F.L. Kirk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sara F. L. Kirk, PhD, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3E2.
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  • Stefan Kuhle, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Arto Ohinmaa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Ian Colman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul J. Veugelers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Received 30 March 2011; received in revised form 15 July 2011; accepted 4 August 2011. published online 01 September 2011.

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and Canadian Population Health Initiative. Support for administrative data linkage was provided by a Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund award (to S.Kirk). S.Kirk is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research. The CLASS project was funded through a Canadian Population Health Initiative operating grant. P.V. is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Population Health and an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Health Scholarship. I.C. is supported by a Population Health Investigator Award from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(11)00810-9

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.08.015

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