ArticleObesity surgery2022
The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Healthcare Costs and Labor Market Attachment.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Predictive models of adverse outcomes of overweight or obesity: a nationwide cohort validation.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Article
- A critical analysis of online social support websites for Australians seeking bariatric surgery.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Healthcare costs before and after bariatric surgery in Israel: a nationwide retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Comparing Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.Annals of internal medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the cost and care outcomes by group related to the diagnosis of bariatric surgery.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- EXIST: EXamining rIsk of excesS adiposiTy-Machine learning to predict obesity-related complications.Obesity science & practice · 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
- 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
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to estimate the total cost of bariatric surgery in Denmark. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study population included all Danish citizens ≥ 18 years who had received bariatric surgery, identified in the Danish National Patient Register in the period from 2002 to 2018. Patients who had received bariatric surgery were matched with three controls on gender, year of birth, and region of residence. A difference-in-difference approach was used to estimate the healthcare costs attributable to bariatric surgery from 3 years before to 5 years after surgery.
resultsTotal healthcare costs for cases receiving bariatric surgery during the first 5 years following surgery amounted to EUR 32,899, and EUR 16,651 for their matched controls. Thereby, the difference in total healthcare costs (EUR 16,248) between persons receiving bariatric surgery and their matched controls was 2.2 times the DRG rate for the surgery itself (EUR 7387). Moreover, the results suggest that receiving bariatric surgery led to a total increase in gross earnings of EUR 5970 (5%) and a total reduction in receipt of transfer payments of EUR 4488 (12%) in the period up until 5 years after surgery.
conclusionThe results showed a significant and persistent increase in healthcare costs for people with obesity receiving bariatric surgery during the first 5 years after surgery. We also found that bariatric surgery was associated with increased attachment to the labor market.
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