Bariatric surgery complications before vs after implementation of a national policy restricting coverage to centers of excellence

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 792-799

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Nicholas, Lauren H ^a   Ryan, Andrew M ^b   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84874384432     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.755     Document Type: Article

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