Understanding disposition after referral for bariatric surgery: When and why patients referred do not undergo surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-140

  Pitzul, Kristen Blythe ^a   Jackson, Timothy ^a   Crawford, Sean ^a   Kwong, Josephine Chi Hin ^a   Sockalingam, Sanjeev ^a   Hawa, Raed ^a   Urbach, David ^a   Okrainec, Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Bariatric surgery; Health services accessibility; Obesity; Patient dropouts; Patient trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTRITION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893082376     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-1083-z     Document Type: Article

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