Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Medical Care Expenditures for North Carolina Adolescents Enrolled in Medicaid in 2004

INTRODUCTION: Many studies document that overweight and obese adults have substantially higher medical care expenditures than do adults of normal weight, but comparable data for children or adolescents are few. This study examines patterns of expenditure for medical care and use of medical care serv...

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Autores principales: Buescher, Paul A., Whitmire, J. Timothy, Plescia, Marcus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18081993

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