Enrolling people with prediabetes ages 60-64 in a proven weight loss program could save medicare $7 billion or more

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1673-1679

  Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a   Yang, Zhou ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84862907960     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0944     Document Type: Article

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