Prioritization and willingness to pay for bariatric surgery: The patient perspective

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Gill, Richdeep S ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^b   Tuepah, Rebecca ^b   Klarenbach, Scott W ^b   Birch, Daniel W ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^b   Padwal, Raj S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893843618     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.021212     Document Type: Article

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