Bariatric surgery: Cost-effectiveness and budget impact

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 646-653

  Terranova, Lorenzo ^a   Busetto, Luca ^b,e   Vestri, Annarita ^c   Zappa, Marco Antonio ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Sacra Famiglia Fatebenefratelli   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cost effectiveness; Gastric banding; Gastric bypass; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; ITALY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; STATISTICS;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 84861812023     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0608-1     Document Type: Review

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