Reducing need and demand for medical services in high-risk persons - A health education approach

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-207

  Fries, James F ^a,b   McShane, Dennis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBESITY; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031753532     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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