Open AccessRecent National Trends in the Use of Adolescent Inpatient Bariatric Surgery
Author(s) -
Deirdre C. Kelleher,
Chaya T Merrill,
Linda T. Cottrell,
Evan P. Nadler,
Randall S. Burd
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.286
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , healthcare cost and utilization project , obesity , population , demographics , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , cohort , complication , surgery , emergency medicine , general surgery , health care , demography , environmental health , sociology , economics , economic growth
To determine the current rate of inpatient bariatric surgical procedures among adolescents and to analyze national trends of use from 2000 to 2009.
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