Establishing a laparoscopic bariatric program in a safety net hospital

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 801-804

  Madan, A K ^a   Tichansky, D S ^a   Ternovits, C A ^a   Speck, K E ^a   Steinhauer, B W ^b   Croce, M A ^a   Fabian, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Regional Medical Center Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Charges; Collection rate; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Payor mix; Safety net hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMMERCE; COST ALLOCATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 34247554985     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9039-1     Document Type: Article

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