Racial differences among patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery: A population-based trend analysis from 2002 to 2008

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-233

  Worni, Mathias ^a,b   Guller, Ulrich ^b,c   MacIejewski, Matthew L ^d,e   Curtis, Lesley H ^d,f   Gandhi, Mihir ^a,g,h   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Jacobs, Danny O ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a,g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^h SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Disparity; Ethnicity; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878884409     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0832-8     Document Type: Article

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