ReviewObesity surgery2012
Bariatric surgery: cost-effectiveness and budget impact.
Review in Obesity surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Occupational Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2017Pooled it
- The impact of obesity surgery on musculoskeletal disease.Obesity surgery · 2014Pooled it
- Psychosocial status and mental health in adolescents before and after bariatric surgery: a systematic literature review.Obesity facts · 2014Pooled it
- Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide 3.0 mg in Individuals with BMI above and below 35 kg/m²: A Post-hoc Analysis.Obesity facts · 2017 · on this mapTrial
- Health and economic outcomes of metabolic bariatric surgery: A patient perspective.Turkish journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Development and validation of an interpretable nomogram for predicting the risk of the prolonged postoperative length of stay for tuberculous spondylitis: a novel approach for risk stratification.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Socio-Demographic and Preoperative Clinical Factors Associated With 5-Year Weight Trajectories After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024Article
- Chronic psychiatric diagnoses increase emergency department utilization following bariatric surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Appetite Changes in Weight Regain and Weight Maintenance After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Effect of bariatric surgery on employment status-a 7 years controlled nationwide registry study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Patients eligible and referred for bariatric surgery in southeastern Ontario: Retrospective cohort study.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Affects Coagulation System of Obese Patients.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Lithium toxicity with prolonged neurologic sequelae following sleeve gastrectomy: A case report and review of literature.Medicine · 2020Review
- Polygenic risk score for predicting weight loss after bariatric surgery.JCI insight · 2018Article
- Bariatric Surgery Coverage: a Comprehensive Budget Impact Analysis from a Payer Perspective.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
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- Clinical outcomes for the obese hospital inpatient: An observational study.SAGE open medicine · 2017Article
- Indications for Revisions Following 630 Consecutive Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Cases: Experience in a Single Accredited Center.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Article
- Indications for Surgery for Obesity and Weight-Related Diseases: Position Statements from the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).Obesity surgery · 2016Article
- Are we operating too late? Mortality Analysis and Stochastic Simulation of Costs Associated with Bariatric Surgery: Reconsidering the BMI Threshold.Obesity surgery · 2016Article
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Abstract
Bariatric surgery is to date the most effective treatment for morbid obesity and it has been proven to reduce obesity-related comorbidities and total mortality. As any medical treatment, bariatric surgery is costly and doubts about its affordability have been raised. On the other hand, bariatric surgery may reduce the direct and indirect costs of obesity and related comorbidities. The appreciation of the final balance between financial investments and savings is critical from a health economic perspective. In this paper, we try to provide a brief updated review of the most recent studies on the cost-efficacy of bariatric surgery, with particular emphasis on budget analysis. A brief overview of the economic costs of obesity will also be provided. The epidemic of obesity may cause a significant reduction in life expectancy and overwhelming direct and indirect costs for citizens and societies. Cost-efficacy analyses included in this review consistently demonstrated that the additional years of lives gained through bariatric surgery may be obtained at a reasonable and affordable cost. In groups of patients with very high obesity-related health costs, like patients with type 2 diabetes, the use of bariatric surgery required an initial economic investment, but may save money in a relatively short period of time.
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