The financial burden of overweight and obesity among elderly Americans: The dynamics of weight, longevity, and health care cost

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 849-868

  Yang, Zhou ^a   Hall, Allyson G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Elderly; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MONEY; OBESITY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049125182     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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