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Abbas, Ali E. Hupman, Andrea 2012-02-06T20:06:11Z 2012-02-06T20:06:11Z 2011-12 2012-02-06T20:06:11Z 2011-12 This thesis provides a decision analytic framework for calculating the medical costs associated with the decision to consume sugar-sweetened beverages. The model uses (i) records of mortality data, (ii) previously identified lifetime risks of diabetes, (iii) data on relative risks associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and (iv) the reported costs of diabetes medical treatment to determine the increase in expected costs that result from the consumption decision. Additionally the model can be used to analyze any decision that increases one’s relative risk of diabetes. The results indicate that sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is considerably more costly for younger individuals than for older individuals. Moreover, the frequency of beverage consumption also has a significant impact on expected medical costs. These results have wide ranging implications for such areas as health insurance, national health spending, and public health awareness campaigns. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-12-02T23:36:21Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Hupman_Andrea.pdf: 332180 bytes, checksum: 75e05445ffce02d05b08d1c6763775b3 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-02-06T20:06:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Hupman_Andrea.pdf: 331161 bytes, checksum: fd98fe0a5161eecfa829fb17bd0fe8ed (MD5) license.txt: 4062 bytes, checksum: e4788b2fe10495291d2460b55d5c217e (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29602 en Copyright 2011 Andrea C. Hupman decision analysis decision trees medical decision making diabetes sugar-sweetened beverages A decision analytic framework for the costs of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption Dissertation / Thesis text Industrial&Enterprise Sys Eng 1422 Systems & Entrepreneurial Engr 3846 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. PHD:Sys&Entreprnural Eng-UIUC 10KS3846PHD