title: Epidemic of obesity fuels demand among payers for alternatives to bariatric surgery.
abstract: Why? Because they're finding that obesity is a significant factor involved with many costly chronic diseases, and financial decision-makers are concluding that bariatric surgery--while successful in many cases--is simply too expensive and too risky to cover for the large numbers of individuals who are morbidly obese. See how one EAP is attempting to meet this challenge by designing a program that incorporates the psychological and medical components of weight management.
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000191:economics; D019468:Disease Management; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000191:economics; D015438:Health Behavior; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D016730:Program Development; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology