Using health insurance premiums to change health behaviors

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Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Monheit, Alan C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 56749132211     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.03.252     Document Type: Editorial

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