The relationship between modifiable health risks and health care expenditures: An analysis of the multi-employer HERO health risk and cost database

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 843-854

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a   Anderson, David R ^c   Whitmer, R William ^b   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Wasserman, Jeffrey ^a   Bazzarre, Terry L ^c   Beadle, Carson E ^c   Berglund, Robert K ^c   Boscarino, Joseph A ^c   Dundon, Mark W ^c   Gaebelein, Claude J ^c   Kelley, Bruce C ^c   Pronk, Nico P ^c  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b HERO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031784514     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199810000-00003     Document Type: Article

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