ArticleBMC obesity2018
Variations in bariatric surgical care pathways: a national costing study on the variability of services and impact on costs.
Article in BMC obesity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06020105 (Design and Development of a Nurse-led Program for the Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients - The NURLIFE Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Design and Development of a Nurse-led Program for the Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients - The NURLIFE Program
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical outcomes and adverse events of bariatric surgery in adults with severe obesity in Scotland: the SCOTS observational cohort study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Observational
- Design and evaluation of a new nurse-led case management intervention for bariatric surgery patients.MethodsX · 2023Article
- Observational
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Abstract
backgroundWe undertook a survey of all bariatric centres in Scotland in order to describe current pre- and post-operative care, to estimate their costs and explore differences in financial impact.
methodsA questionnaire was distributed to each health centre. Descriptive statistics were used to present average cost per patient along with 95% confidence intervals, and the range of costs.
resultsResults show nearly a five-fold difference in costs per patient for pre-operative services (range £226 - £1071) and more than a three-fold difference for post-operative services (range £259 - £896).
conclusionsThere is a lack of evidence base and a clear requirement for the evaluation of bariatric surgical services to identify the care pathways pre- and post-surgery which lead to largest improvements in health outcomes and remain cost-effective.
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