Cost of in-patient care over 7 years among surgically and conventionally treated obese patients

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1276-1283

  Ågren, Göran ^a   Narbro, Kristina ^b   Jonsson, Egon ^c   Näslund, Ingmar ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^b   Peltonen, Markku ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Controlled intervention study; Cost analysis; Hospitalization; Intentional weight loss; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040668402     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.173     Document Type: Article

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