Preventing Obesity in the USA: Impact on Health Service Utilization and Costs

Michele Cecchini () and Franco Sassi

PharmacoEconomics, 2015, vol. 33, issue 7, 765-776

Abstract: Prevention interventions aimed at tackling obesity and associated risk factors may produce a significant decrease in the use of healthcare services and expenditure. Savings become substantial when a long-term perspective is taken. Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

Date: 2015
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