State-level estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-24

  Finkelstein, Eric A ^a   Fiebelkorn, Ian C ^a   Wang, Guijing ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cost; Medicaid; Medicare; State

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642428143     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.4     Document Type: Article

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