Laparoscopic gastric bypass results in decreased prescription medication costs within 6 months

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 983-987

  Gould, Jon Charles ^a,b   Garren, Michael Joseph ^a   Starling, James Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; pharmaceutical savings

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GENERIC DRUG; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBESITY; PHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 10044284359     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.042     Document Type: Article

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