A platform for population-based weight management: Description of a health plan-based integrated systems approach

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 847-857

  Pronk, Nicolaas P ^a   Boucher, Jackie L ^a   Gehling, Eve ^a   Boyle, Raymond G ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^a  

^a Center for Health Promotion Minnesota Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; STAFF; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036798055     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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