Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Should it be universally available?

Su Hsin Chang; Carolyn R.T. Stoll; Graham A. Colditz

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.04.007

Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Should it be universally available?

Su Hsin Chang, Carolyn R.T. Stoll, Graham A. Colditz

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Abstract

This paper is the first to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses of bariatric surgery comparing obese patients with obesity-related diseases to obese people without comorbidities across different BMI categories, using the meta-analysis results of surgery outcomes for our effectiveness inputs. We find that surgery treatment is in general cost-effective for people whose BMI is greater than 35 kg/m² with or without obesity-related comorbidities, and it is even cost-saving for super obese (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m²) with obesity-related comorbidities. Our results also suggest that surgery can be cost-effective for the mildly obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²). The bottom line is that bariatric surgery should be universally available to all classes of obese people.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	230-238
Number of pages	9
Journal	Maturitas
Volume	69
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.04.007
State	Published - Jul 2011

Keywords

Bariatric surgery
Cost-effectiveness
Meta-analysis
Obesity
Obesity-related diseases

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