DRG, costs and reimbursement following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: An economic appraisal

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Angus, L D George ^a   Cottam, Daniel R ^b   Gorecki, Piotr J ^c   Mourello, Ramon ^a   Ortega, Raul E ^a   Adamski, John ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cost; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041626093     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322190790     Document Type: Article

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