Targeting Health Behaviors to Reduce Health Care Costs in Pediatric Psychology: Descriptive Review and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Meghan E. McGrady,
Kevin A. Hommel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv083
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psycinfo , health care , pediatric psychology , medicine , medline , intervention (counseling) , health policy , population health , public health , environmental health , family medicine , population , nursing , psychiatry , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Recent efforts to enhance the quality of health care in the United States while reducing costs have resulted in an increased emphasis on cost containment and the introduction of new payment plans. The purpose of this review is to summarize the impact of pediatric health behavior change interventions on health care costs.
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