Financial analysis: Modifiable health behaviors and short-term medical costs among health plan members

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Bland, Patricia C ^a   An, Lawrence ^b   Foldes, Steven S ^a   Garrett, Nancy ^a   Alesci, Nina L ^a  

^a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive; study design: Nonexperimental; Employer health care costs; Prevention and control; Prevention research. Manuscript format: Research; research purpose: Modeling relationship testing; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 62549140589     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.08042842     Document Type: Article

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