The impact of weight loss among seniors on medicare spending

Health Economics Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a   Yang, Zhou ^a   Long, Kathleen M ^b   Garvey, W Timothy ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Long Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84971276093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-3-7     Document Type: Article

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