Bariatric Centers of Excellence: Effect of Centralization on Access to Care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 914-922

  Kuo, Lindsay E ^a   Simmons, Kristina D ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLACK PERSON; CENTRALIZATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945460891     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.07.452     Document Type: Article

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