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The effect of bariatric surgery on health care costs: A synthetic control approach using Bayesian structural time series
Abstract
Surgical measures to combat obesity are very effective in terms of weight loss, recovery from diabetes, and improvement in cardiovascular risk factors. However, previous studies found both positive and negative results regarding the effect of bariatric surgery on health care utilization. Using claims data from the largest health insurance provider in Germany, we estimated the causal effect of bariatric surgery on health care costs in a time...
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Title
The effect of bariatric surgery on health care costs: A synthetic control approach using Bayesian structural time series
Published Date
Sep 5, 2019
Journal
Volume
28
Issue
11
Pages
1293 - 1307
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