title: Major study ties modifiable risk factors to health costs.
abstract: Two health care companies are taking disease management into their own hands and using health risk appraisal and education as a one-two prevention punch against rising costs.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019468:Disease Management; D004651:Employment; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics; D006293:Health Promotion; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States