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| Title |
Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Should it be universally available?
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| Published in |
Maturitas, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.04.007 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Su-Hsin Chang, Carolyn R.T. Stoll, Graham A. Colditz |
| 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/m(2) with or without obesity-related comorbidities, and it is even cost-saving for super obese (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m(2)) with obesity-related comorbidities. Our results also suggest that surgery can be cost-effective for the mildly obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)). The bottom line is that bariatric surgery should be universally available to all classes of obese people. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 91 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 12% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 27% |
| Unknown | 13 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 55% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 May 2018.
All research outputs
#5,373,510
of 25,853,983 outputs
Outputs from Maturitas
#766
of 2,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,375
of 123,532 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Maturitas
#9
of 24 outputs
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