Why the NHS should do more bariatric surgery; how much should we do?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Welbourn, Richard ^a   Le Roux, Carel W ^b   Owen Smith, Amanda ^c   Wordsworth, Sarah ^d   Blazeby, Jane M ^c  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; OBESITY, MORBID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTILIZATION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84970028168     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1472     Document Type: Article

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