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ArticleObesity surgery2018

Nationwide Macroeconomic Variables and the Growth Rate of Bariatric Surgeries in Brazil.

Everton Cazzo, Almino Cardoso Ramos, José Carlos Pareja, Elinton Adami Chaim

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Everton CazzoDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Alexander Fleming, s/n, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, CEP 13085-000, Brazil. cazzo@unicamp.br.ORCID 0000-0002-5804-1580
Almino Cardoso RamosDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Alexander Fleming, s/n, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, CEP 13085-000, Brazil.
José Carlos ParejaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Alexander Fleming, s/n, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, CEP 13085-000, Brazil.
Elinton Adami ChaimDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Alexander Fleming, s/n, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, CEP 13085-000, Brazil.

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Abstract

backgroundThe effect of nationwide economic issues on the necessary expansion in the number of bariatric procedures remains unclear.

objectiveThis study aims to determine whether there are correlations between the growth rate in the number of bariatric surgeries and the major macroeconomic variables over time in Brazil.

methodsIt is a nationwide analysis regarding the number of bariatric surgeries in Brazil and the main national macroeconomic variables from 2003 through 2016: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, and the unemployment rate, as well as the evolution in the number of registered bariatric surgeons.

resultsThere were significant positive correlations of the growth rate of surgeries with the early variations of the GDP (R = 0.5558; p = 0.04863) and of the overall health expenditure per capita (R = 0.78322; p = 0.00259). The growth rate of the number of bariatric surgeries was not correlated with the unemployment and inflation rates, as well as with the growth rate of available bariatric surgeons.

conclusionThere were direct relationships between the growth rate of bariatric surgeries and the evolutions of the GDP and health care expenditure per capita. These variables appear to influence the nationwide offer of bariatric surgery.

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Bariatric SurgeryGross Domestic ProductHealth ExpendituresUnemploymentBrazilHumansObesity, MorbidBariatric surgeryEconomic indexesEconomicsObesitySocioeconomic factors

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