Addressing obesity in the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis - weighing in from an economic perspective

Anna Flego; Michelle M Dowsey; Peter FM Choong; Marj Moodie

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Addressing obesity in the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis - weighing in from an economic perspective

Anna Flego, Michelle M Dowsey, Peter FM Choong, Marj Moodie

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1087-7

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Peter Choong Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

Michelle Dowsey Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

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Awarded by NHMRC Early Career Australian Clinical Fellowship

Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems grant

Funding Acknowledgements

Dr Dowsey holds an NHMRC Early Career Australian Clinical Fellowship (APP1035810).Professor Moodie is supported by an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems grant (APP1041020). To undertake this study, Ms Flego was supported by a small internal grant provided by Deakin Health Economics.