Managed-medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adults

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Nguyen, Huong Q ^a   Ackermann, Ronald T ^b   Maciejewski, Matthew ^c   Berke, Ethan ^d   Patrick, Marsha ^e   Williams, Barbara ^a   LoGerfo, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e US Army   (South Korea)

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EID: 84979543924     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
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