Access to care for adolescents seeking weight loss surgery

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2593-2597

  Inge, Thomas H ^a   Boyce, Tawny W ^a   Lee, Margaret ^b   Kollar, Linda ^a   Jenkins, Todd M ^a   Brandt, Mary L ^b   Helmrath, Michael ^a   Xanthakos, Stavra A ^a   Zeller, Meg H ^a   Harmon, Carroll M ^c   Courcoulas, Anita ^d   Michalsky, Marc P ^e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84939533140     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20898     Document Type: Review

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