Sociodemographic trends in bariatric surgery utilization in the USA

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 838-842

  Pickett Blakely, O E ^a,d   Huizinga, M M ^b   Clark, J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORBID OBESITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862703579     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0629-9     Document Type: Article

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