Costs and usage of healthcare services before and after open bariatric surgery

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Morbidly obese individuals are major consumers of healthcare services, with high associated costs. Bariatric surgery is an alternative for improving these individuals' comorbidities. There are no studies comparing costs before and after bariatric surgery in Brazil. The ai...

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Main Authors: Silvana Marcia Bruschi Kelles, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Henrique Leonardo Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000500003&lng=en&tlng=en