Weight loss and lifetime medical expenditures: A case study with TRICARE prime beneficiaries

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-344

  Dall, Timothy M ^a   Zhang, Yiduo ^a   Zhang, Shiping ^a   Arday, David R ^b   Sahai, Navita ^a   Dorn, Patricia ^b   Jain, Anjali ^a  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^b Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79951751788     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.020     Document Type: Review

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