Attributable cost of obesity in breast surgery: A matched cohort analysis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 668-677.e1

  Sun, Susie X ^a   Greenleaf, Erin K ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Leung, Anna M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conservation; Cost; Mastectomy; Obesity; Partial mastectomy; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY MASS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941943987     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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