Racial disparities in mortality in patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the USA

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1508-1514

  Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Patel, Akash M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Mortality; Non Hispanic black; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RACISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884675276     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0957-4     Document Type: Article

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