Maturitas, 2011-07, Vol.69 (3), p.230-238
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Should it be universally available?
- Ist Teil von
- Maturitas, 2011-07, Vol.69 (3), p.230-238
- Ort / Verlag
- Shannon: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
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- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Abstract This paper is the first to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses of bariatric surgery comparing obese patients with obesity-related diseases to obese people without comorbidities across different BMI categories, using the meta-analysis results of surgery outcomes for our effectiveness inputs. We find that surgery treatment is in general cost-effective for people whose BMI is greater than 35 kg/m2 with or without obesity-related comorbidities, and it is even cost-saving for super obese (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m2 ) with obesity-related comorbidities. Our results also suggest that surgery can be cost-effective for the mildly obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ). The bottom line is that bariatric surgery should be universally available to all classes of obese people.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0378-5122eISSN: 1873-4111DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.04.007Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_870549323
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Bariatric surgery, Bariatric Surgery - economics, Biological and medical sciences, Body Mass Index, Comorbidity, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost-effectiveness, Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics, Health Services Accessibility - economics, Humans, Internal Medicine, Medical sciences, Meta-analysis, Metabolic diseases, Obesity, Obesity - economics, Obesity - surgery, Obesity, Morbid - economics, Obesity, Morbid - surgery, Obesity-related diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Puberal and climacteric disorders (male and female)