Reduced access to care resulting from centers of excellence initiatives in bariatric surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 993-997

  Livingston, Edward H ^a   Burchell, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958599575     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.218     Document Type: Article

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