SynthesisObesity surgery2017
What Are the Real Procedural Costs of Bariatric Surgery? A Systematic Literature Review of Published Cost Analyses.
Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02841527 (Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Gastric Banding or Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery to Treat Severe and Complex Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Gastric Banding or Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery to Treat Severe and Complex Obesity: a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic Evaluations of Anti-obesity Interventions in Obese Adults: An Umbrella Review.Obesity surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care.Obesity surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity: The By-Band-Sleeve randomised controlled trial.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Trial
- Evaluating the economic impact of bariatric surgery: A multi-year comparative analysis.American journal of surgery · 2026Article
- A systematic scoping review of adult obesity policy actions and weight-related services in a region of the United Kingdom using the behaviour change wheel.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Estimation of direct and indirect costs associated with obesity treatment interventions among adult populations in Iran.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Current and Emerging Parenteral and Peroral Medications for Weight Loss: A Narrative Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- What are the observed procedural costs of vascular access surgery? Protocol for a systematic review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- COSTS FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBESITY THROUGH LAPAROSCOPY IN A FEDERAL TERTIARY HOSPITAL BY THE BRAZILIAN UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2024Observational
- A vibrating ingestible bioelectronic stimulator modulates gastric stretch receptors for illusory satiety.Science advances · 2023Article
- Factors Affecting the Duration of Surgery in the Management of Condylar Head Fractures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Cost of Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Its Impact on Healthcare Expense-Nationwide Data from a Polish Registry.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Brown adipose tissue and regulation of human body weight.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2023Review
- Resource utilization and disaggregated cost analysis of bariatric surgery in the Australian public healthcare system.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2022Article
- Current Status of Robot-Assisted Revisional Bariatric Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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- Does bariatric surgery reduce future hospital costs? A propensity score-matched analysis using UK Biobank Study data.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Using the MEAT VBP Framework to analyse and understand the value of surgical gloves: an explanatory case study.Health economics review · 2021Article
- Review
- Management of Obesity in Adults with CKD.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
7 authors.
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Abstract
This review aims to evaluate the current literature on the procedural costs of bariatric surgery for the treatment of severe obesity. Using a published framework for the conduct of micro-costing studies for surgical interventions, existing cost estimates from the literature are assessed for their accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness based on their consideration of seven 'important' cost components. MEDLINE, PubMed, key journals and reference lists of included studies were searched up to January 2017. Eligible studies had to report per-case, total procedural costs for any type of bariatric surgery broken down into two or more individual cost components. A total of 998 citations were screened, of which 13 studies were included for analysis. Included studies were mainly conducted from a US hospital perspective, assessed either gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding procedures and considered a range of different cost components. The mean total procedural costs for all included studies was US$14,389 (range, US$7423 to US$33,541). No study considered all of the recommended 'important' cost components and estimation methods were poorly reported. The accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness of the existing cost estimates are, therefore, questionable. There is a need for a comparative cost analysis of the different approaches to bariatric surgery, with the most appropriate costing approach identified to be micro-costing methods. Such an analysis will not only be useful in estimating the relative cost-effectiveness of different surgeries but will also ensure appropriate reimbursement and budgeting by healthcare payers to ensure barriers to access this effective treatment by severely obese patients are minimised.
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