Medicare Advantage plans offering coverage for fitness memberships may attract and retain a healthier subgroup of the Medicare population. (Funded by the National Institute on Aging.).

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Cooper et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

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Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

1Managed-Medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adults.2008 · 139 citations
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