Variation in Hospital Episode costs with bariatric surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1109-1115

  Grenda, Tyler R ^a   Pradarelli, Jason C ^a   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTACUTE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950249589     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2394     Document Type: Article

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