Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
State Mandates For Obesity Treatment And Its Costs. |
| Authors: |
Fitch, Kate, Pyenson, Bruce, Abbs, Steven, Liang, Margaret |
| Source: |
Business Journal (Central New York). 11/5/2004, Vol. 18 Issue 45, Special Section p10b-12b. 3p. |
| Subjects: |
Insurance, Obesity, Therapeutics, State regulation, State governments |
| Geographic Terms: |
United States |
| Abstract: |
Reports on the mandate of several states for the coverage of treatments for morbid obesity in the U.S. Variation in the application of state mandates for obesity; Cost of the treatment for obesity; Prevalence of obesity in the claims. |
| Database: |
Regional Business News |