Relationship between body mass index and medical care expenditures for North Carolina adolescents enrolled in Medicaid in 2004

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Buescher, Paul A ^a   Whitmire, J Timothy ^b   Plescia, Marcus ^b  

^a State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^b North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84979075832     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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