The disproportionate economic burden associated with severe and complicated obesity: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 883-894

  Grieve, E ^a   Fenwick, E ^a   Yang, H C ^a   Lean, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Productivity costs; Resource use; Severe obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARIATRICS; BODY MASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

HEALTHCARE COSTS; PRODUCTIVITY COSTS; RESOURCE USE; SEVERE OBESITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885836244     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12059     Document Type: Review

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