Racial, socioeconomic, and rural-urban disparities in obesity-related bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1354-1360

  Wallace, Amy E ^d   Young Xu, Yinong ^a   Hartley, David ^b   Weeks, William B ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Disparities; Morbid obesity; Rural populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956974548     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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