Insurance-mandated medical programs before bariatric surgery: Do good things come to those who wait?

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-530

  Kuwada, Timothy S ^a   Richardson, Sarah ^a   Chaar, Maher El ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Cleek, John ^a   Tomcho, John ^a   Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustable gastric band; Gastric bypass; Health care insurance; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79960589356     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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