Insurance decisions about obesity surgery: A new type of randomization?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 553-556

  Choban, Patricia ^a   Lu, Brandon ^b   Flancbaum, Louis ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OHIO;

EID: 0034482831     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089200321594165     Document Type: Article

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