Economic considerations for bariatric surgery and morbid obesity

Eldo E Frezza, Mitchell Wacthell1, Bradley Ewing21Center for Metabolic Disease and Texas Tech University, Department of Pathology, 2Rawls Business School, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAAbstract: The obesity epidemic is also an economic tragedy. This analysis evaluates the economic effects a...

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Main Authors: Eldo E Frezza, Mitchell Wacthell, Bradley Ewing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2009-12-01
Series:ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/economic-considerations-for-bariatric-surgery-and-morbid-obesity-a3821