Comment on: Three-year weight outcomes from a bariatric surgery registry in a large integrated healthcare system

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 403-404

  Chaudhry, Umer I ^a   Needleman, Bradley J ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84903176583     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.03.006     Document Type: Editorial

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