Kaiser Permanente's disease management approach to addressing the obesity epidemic

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 464-469

  Histon, Trina M ^a,b   Goeldner, Jacqueline L ^a   Bachman, Keith H ^a   Rothert, Kendra ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Care Management Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 26944464247     PISSN: 10796533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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