A NICE example? Variation in provision of bariatric surgery in England

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7909, 2013, Pages

  Owen Smith, Amanda ^a   Kipping, Ruth ^a,b   Donovan, Jenny ^a   Hine, Christine ^c   Maslen, Christina ^c   Coast, Joanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b 2NHS North Somerset Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878289477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2453     Document Type: Article

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