Bariatric surgery insurance requirements independently predict surgery dropout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many insurance companies have considerable prebariatric surgery requirements despite a lack of evidence for improved clinical outcomes. The hypothesis of this study is that insurance-specific requirements will be associated with a decreased progression to surgery and increased delay in time to surgery.

Methods

Retrospective data collection was performed for patients undergoing bariatric surgery evaluation from 2010-2015. Patients who underwent surgery (SGY; n = 827; mean body mass index [BMI] 49.1) were compared with those who did not (no-SGY; n = 648; mean BMI: 49.4). Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed to identify specific co-morbidity and insurance specific predictors of surgical dropout and time to surgery.

Results

A total of 1475 patien

SUBMITTER: Love KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5469712 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature