Impact of Worksite Health Promotion on Health Care Costs and Utilization: Evaluation of Johnson & Johnson's Live for Life Program

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 256, Issue 23, 1986, Pages 3235-3240

  Bly, Janet L ^a   Jones, Robert C ^a,b   Richardson, Jean E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023017702     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03380230059026     Document Type: Article

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