Potential medicare savings through prevention and risk reduction

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Rula, Elizabeth Y ^a   Pope, James E ^a   Hoffman, Joel C ^a  

^a Center for Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951899254     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0063     Document Type: Article

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