Participation in fitness-related activities of an incentive-based health promotion program and hospital costs: A retrospective longitudinal study

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 341-348

  Patel, Deepak ^a,b   Lambert, Estelle V ^a   Da Silva, Roseanne ^c   Greyling, Mike ^d   Kolbe Alexander, Tracy ^a   Noach, Adam ^b   Conradie, Jaco ^b   Nossel, Craig ^b   Borresen, Jill ^b   Gaziano, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Discovery Health   (South Africa)

^c School of Statistics and Actuarial Science   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Disease; Health Insurance; Prevention Research; Wellness Program

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961130835     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100603-QUAN-172     Document Type: Article

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