Obesity, health services use, and health care costs among members of a health maintenance organization

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 466-472

  Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^a   Caan, Bette ^a   Jacobson, Alice ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032498686     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.5.466     Document Type: Article

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