Reoperation and medicare expenditures after laparoscopic gastric band surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 835-842

  Ibrahim, Andrew M ^a   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BAND; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RACE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; ECONOMICS; GASTROPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027572504     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1093     Document Type: Article

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