Characteristics of the population eligible for and receiving publicly funded bariatric surgery in Canada

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Padwal, Raj S ^a,b   Chang, Hsui Ju ^a   Klarenbach, Scott ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a,b   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Bariatric surgery; Canada; Health services research; Population health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA SET; DIABETES; EQUITY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPENDING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 84866274778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-54     Document Type: Article

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