The effect of the Ontario Bariatric Network on health services utilization after bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2009, the Ontario Bariatric Network was established to address the exploding demand by Ontario residents for bariatric surgery services outside Canada. We compared the use of postoperative hospital services between out-of-country surgery recipients and patients within the Ontario Bariatric Network.

Methods

We conducted a population-based, comparative study using administrative data held at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. We included Ontario residents who underwent bariatric surgery between 2007 and 2012 either outside the country or at one of the Ontario Bariatric Network's designated centres of excellence. The primary outcome was use of hospital services in Ontario within 1 year after surgery.

Results

A total of 4852 patients received ba

SUBMITTER: Elnahas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5047796 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature