Income status and approval for bariatric surgery in a publicly funded regional obesity program

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-378

  Halloran, Kieran ^a   Padwal, Raj S ^a,c   Johnson Stoklossa, Carlene ^b   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Birch, Dan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Bariatric surgery; Canada; Public health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79955777474     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0149-4     Document Type: Article

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