Changing BMI categories and healthcare expenditures among elderly medicare beneficiaries

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1240-1248

  Wilkins, Tricia Lee ^a   Rust, George S ^b   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84861572352     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.86     Document Type: Article

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