The economic value of a wellness and disease prevention program

Population Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Schwartz, Steven M ^a,b   Ireland, Caryn ^c   Strecher, Victor ^a,b   Nakao, Darren ^c   Wang, Chun ^a   Juarez, Deborah ^d  

^a HealthMedia Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Hawaii Family Medical Centers (A Wholly owned Subsidiary of HMSA)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650848048     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2009.0070     Document Type: Article

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