Patient race and the likelihood of undergoing bariatric surgery among patients seeking surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2794-2799

  Stanford, Fatima Cody ^a,c   Jones, Daniel B ^b,c   Schneider, Benjamin E ^b,c   Blackburn, George L ^b,c   Apovian, Caroline M ^d   Hess, Donald T ^d   Chiodi, Sarah ^b   Robert, Shirley ^b   Bourland, Ashley C ^d   Wee, Christina C ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Ethnic minorities; Insurance coverage; Obesity; Social class; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BOSTON; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84939532309     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-4014-8     Document Type: Article

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