Best practice for obesity and weight management: Finding success through linking effective gastric bypass surgery policy and health management

Disease Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-188

  Foust, Robin F ^a   Burke, Rosemary ^b   Gordon, Neil ^c,d  

^a Zoe Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b MediCorp Health System   (United States)

^c Center for Heart Disease Prevention   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MONEY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BENCHMARKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33745590454     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2006.9.182     Document Type: Article

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