Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery for severely obese adults with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery in severely obese (BMI >or=35 kg/m(2)) adults who have diabetes, using a validated diabetes cost-effectiveness model.

Research design and methods

We expanded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-RTI Diabetes Cost-Effectiveness Model to incorporate bariatric surgery. In this simulation model, bariatric surgery may lead to diabetes remission and reductions in other risk factors, which then lead to fewer diabetes complications and increased quality of life (QoL). Surgery is also associated with perioperative mortality and subsequent complications, and patients in remission may relapse to diabetes. We separately estimate the costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and cost-effectiveness of gastric byp

SUBMITTER: Hoerger TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928336 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature