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  1. NLM Digital Collections - F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2007 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, [2007]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101315251
    ... More Than 40 States Offer Medicaid Reimbursement for Weight-Loss Surgeries As of 2004, 42 state Medicaid programs Oklahoma, ... North Carolina, North Dakota, 38 PRIVATE COVERAGE OF WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERIES Many within the health care sector believed that ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Controversies in obesity management : a technology assessment : final report 
    Publication: [Boston, MA] : Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, August 10, 2015
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101666737
    ... 15 Surgical revisions comprise about 6% of all weight loss surgeries performed annually in the US.16 Because of ... 2015. 21. Mayo Clinic. Guide to types of weight loss surgery. http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests- procedures/bariatric-surgery/ ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - National chartbook of health care prices--2015 
    Publication: Washington, DC, : Health Care Cost Institute, May 2016
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101712060
    ... Intestine Removal – Laparoscopic .............................................................................................................................. 134 Vasectomy – Male Sterilization .................................................................................................................................................. 134 Weight Loss Surgery – Gastric Bypass .................................................................................................................................... 135 Weight Loss Surgery – Laparoscopic Band ........................................................................................................................... ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2008 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, August 2008
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101509791
    ... states do not provide any coverage of L Bariatric surgery is covered by 45 state obesity related treatments ... BCBSNC can receive up to 6 nutrition visits bariatric surgery became available within per year.270 Highmark, which ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Tackling obesity : the role of the NHS in a whole-system approach 
    Publication: [London, England] : The King's Fund, July 2021
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918299987606676
    ... diet programmes and more intensive clinical interventions like weight-loss surgery. (7) These levers, while effective, are best used ... diet programmes and more intensive clinical interventions like weight-loss surgery. (7) These levers, while effective, are best used ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Obeticholic acid for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis : comparative clinical ... 
    Publication: Boston, MA : Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, July 26, 2016
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101704677
    ... 90% and fibrosis regressed in 45%.24 After bariatric surgery, steatosis, steatohepatitis, and fibrosis appear to improve or ... intervention.78 Most notably, prospective studies indicate that bariatric surgery may be a highly effective at inducing NASH ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Successful strategies for prevention of bariatric and colectomy surgical site infections 
    Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2014]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101634479
    Bariatric Surgery ... Bradley, Sharon M., author. Hoffman, Regina M., author. Bariatric Surgery Colectomy Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control Hospitals Outliers, ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Multifaceted differences in implementation of practices for prevention of colorectal and ... 
    Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101597678
    Bariatric Surgery -- adverse effects ... the NSQIP was used to select colorectal and bariatric surgeries as the collaborative focus and to identify high- ... bariatric surgical site infections Pennsylvania patient safety advisory ... effects Colorectal Surgery -- adverse effects Postoperative Complications -- ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, October 2004
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101245119
    ... gastrointestinal, or ineffective, drug interventions may be recom- bariatric, surgery is the best option for people mended. Obesity- ... for maintain a healthy lifestyle. the morbidly obese. Bariatric surgery promotes If the previous options do not prove ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease : a national clinical guideline 
    Publication: Edinburgh, Scotland : Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), June 2017
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101714866
    ... Diet One systematic review comparing the effects of bariatric surgery with non-surgical interventions in RCT or cohort ... surgery.97 Another systematic review of RCTs comparing bariatric surgery (>25 kg weight loss) with non-surgical interventions ...
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