The role of disease management in the treatment and prevention of obesity with associated comorbidities

Disease Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 156-163

  May, Jeanette ^a,b   Buckman, Ellen ^a  

^a Disease Management Association of America   (United States)

^b DMAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE BASE; NOMENCLATURE; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34548656202     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2007.103634     Document Type: Article

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