Lifestyle risk factors predict healthcare costs in an aging cohort

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-387

  Leigh, J Paul ^a,b   Hubert, Helen B ^c   Romano, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144473338     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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