Medicaid coverage for weight loss counseling may make 'cents'

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-5

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Herring, Bradley J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; OVERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84872501272     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2201-7     Document Type: Editorial

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