Early mortality among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing bariatric surgical procedures

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1903-1908

  Flum, David R ^a,b   Salem, Leon ^a   Elrod, Jo Ann Broeckel ^a   Dellinger, E Patchen ^a   Cheadle, Allen ^b   Chan, Leighton ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Region 10   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

EID: 26844444244     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.15.1903     Document Type: Article

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