To pay or not to pay: Public perception regarding insurance coverage of obesity treatment

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Woolford, Susan J ^a   Clark, Sarah J ^a   Butchart, Amy ^a   Geiger, James D ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a   Fagerlin, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84889683346     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20387     Document Type: Article

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