The savings gained from participation in health promotion programs for medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1125-1132

  Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a,c   Goetzel, Ron Z ^a   Wang, Feifei ^b   Gibson, Teresa B ^c   Shechter, David ^c   Musich, Shirley ^b   Bender, Joel ^d   Edington, Dee W ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^d GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PENSIONER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750935518     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000240709.01860.8a     Document Type: Article

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