Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 , 299-304 /Yuan X, Martin Hawver LR, Ojo P, et al. Bariatric surgery in Medicare patients: greater risks but substantial benefits. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2009;5:299-304.Yuan, X., Hawver, L. R. M., Ojo, P., Wolfe, L. A., Meador, J. ...
Bariatric surgery is not for everyone and the surgeon and other physicians will evaluate all medical conditions before allowing a patient to proceed. As a major surgery, there are associated risks and side effects. Women of childbearing age should be aware that rapid weight loss and nutritional de...
Medicare and Medicaid– Bariatric surgery is covered If your policy covers it and you meet the qualification requirements, your plan will likely include 4 procedures: Gastric sleeve Gastric bypass LAP-BAND® Duodenal switch Your surgeon may be able to get partial coverage for the other procedures...
Use of bariatric surgery increased dramatically in Medicare beneficiaries from 2006 through 2009. Procedure mix varies by age and region and changed over the period of analysis as laparoscopic operations became more common. Most Medicare bariatric surgery recipients are under age 65 (eligible due to ...
Bariatric surgerycan reduce the risk of long-term cardiovascular outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries withobesity, a large new observational study in which a third of the patients were over age 65 years, suggests. Overall, patients who underwent bariatric surgery had 37% lower all-cause mortalit...
The impact of age and Medicare status on bariatric surgical outcomes. Arch Surg. 2006;141(11):1115-1120.ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 25. Khan MA, Grinberg R, Johnson S, Afthinos JN, Gibbs KE. Perioperative risk factors for 30-day mortality after bariatric surgery: is functional ...
To the Editor In their pooled analysis of 4 randomized trials, Dr Courcoulas and colleagues concluded that individuals who underwent bariatric surgery had
摘要: Complications after bariatric surgery appear similar between patients younger and older than age 60 and also between Medicare recipients and nonrecipients, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....
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Hospital-acquired conditions after bariatric surgery: we can predict, but can we prevent? 来自 学术范 喜欢 0 阅读量: 35 作者:AO Lidor,E Moran-Atkin,M Stem,TH Magnuson,KE Steele,R Feinberg,MA Schweitzer 摘要: Background Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiated a non-payment policy...