Evaluation of the effectiveness of making weight watchers available to tennessee medicaid (TennCare) recipients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Mitchell, Nia S ^a   Ellison, Misoo C ^a   Hill, James O ^a,b   Tsai, Adam G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; obesity; weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872496090     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2083-8     Document Type: Article

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