Dr. Joseph W Thompson D.O.
Family Practitioner
12255 De Paul Dr Suite 200 Bridgeton MO, 63044About
Dr. Joseph Thompson is a family practitioner practicing in Bridgeton, MO. Dr. Thompson specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Thompson possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Hlth Sci, Coll of Osteo Med, Kansas City Mo 1976
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine 1976
University of Pennsylvania, PA
University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences 1976
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Using telephone interviews to reduce nonresponse bias to mail surveys of health plan members.
- State expenditures for tobacco-control programs and the tobacco settlement.
- A national assessment of children with special health care needs: prevalence of special needs and use of health care services among children in the military health system.
- Public health and the politics of school immunization requirements.
- Arkansas fights fat: translating research into policy to combat childhood and adolescent obesity.
- Public health "malpractice" and the obesity epidemic.
- Safety restraint use linked to hospital use and charges in Arkansas.
- Am I my brother's keeper? A proposal to determine state governments' affirmative duty to advance public health.
- Considerations for an obesity policy research agenda.
- Self-reported health risks linked to health plan cost and age group.
- Poor performance of body mass index as a marker for hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents.
- Arkansas' experience: statewide surveillance and parental information on the child obesity epidemic.
- The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.
- Arkansas health care payment improvement initiative: overview and the role of quality measures.
- Statewide policies for safer teen driving: an evaluation of the impact of graduated driver licensing in Arkansas.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Tonsillitis
- Vascular Disease
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