title: A Heavy Burden.
abstract: A Texas Health and Human Services Commission report reveals gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obese mothers take a toll on the state's Medicaid program. According to the report, in Medicaid, the excess medical and drug costs among women with GDM and their babies totaled $10 million. Women with pregestational diabetes cost Medicaid $60 million more than nondiabetic, normal-weight women. Much of the cost associated with diabetes and obesity comes from more frequent hospitalizations for the mother and a higher likelihood the infant will be admitted into the neonatal intensive care unit.
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nuzback
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000191:economics*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000191:economics*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States