Health-care expenditures of overweight and obese males and females in the medical expenditures panel survey by age cohort

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-232

  Bell, Janice F ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b   Arterburn, David E ^c   MacIejewski, Matthew L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 78650678676     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.104     Document Type: Article

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