The Healthcare Costs of Sarcopenia in the United States

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-85

  Janssen, Ian ^a,b   Shepard, Donald S ^c   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a,b   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health care costs; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346499181     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52014.x     Document Type: Review

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