Impact of a Managed-Medicare Physical Activity Benefit on Health Care Utilization and Costs in Older Adults With Diabetes
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 30 (1), 43-48
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1013
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this article was to determine the effects of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs among older adults with diabetes.Keywords
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