Research
Adherence
System-level barriers such as lack of insurance payment for obesity care are not prevalent barriers to obesity management in the VHA setting.
If you are in a system like the VHA where obesity services are covered, do not use lack of insurance payment as an excuse for not managing obesity. Focus on improving your own training and awareness of available services.
ModerateRefutesMEDIUM confidence
Many barriers identified in previous studies (e.g., attitudes toward obese patients, lack of insurance payments for obesity care) were not prevalent barriers in the current study... Relatively few (27.3%) agreed that lack of payment by insurers hinders weight management practices in the VA healthcare system.
Why this rating
Pilot study survey data.
Source
Barriers to obesity management: a pilot study of primary care clinicians
Valerie L. Forman‐Hoffman et al. · BMC Family Practice · 2006
DOI 10.1186/1471-2296-7-35
cross_sectional · n=55Cited 224×
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