Inpatient bariatric surgery among eligible black and white men and women in the United States, 1999-2010

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1218-1223

  Mainous, Arch G ^a   Johnson, Sharleen P ^a   Saxena, Sonia K ^b   Wright, Robert U ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881176355     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.365     Document Type: Review

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