The impact of obesity on time spent with the provider and number of medications managed during office-based physician visits using a cross-sectional, national health survey

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with morbidity, mortality, and increased health care costs. Few studies have examined the impact of obesity on outpatient office visits. The purpose of this study was to determine if outpatient visits by obese persons required more time with the provider and more pr...

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Autores principales: Pearson, William S, Bhat-Schelbert, Kavitha, Ford, Earl S, Mokdad, Ali H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-436

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-436

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