Health care expenses in relation to obesity and smoking among U.S. adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and age group: 1998-2011

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-36

  An, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Expense; Health care; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921344322     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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