The role of health insurance characteristics in utilization of bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bariatric surgery is underutilized in the United States.

Objective

To examine temporal changes in patient characteristics and insurer type mix among adult bariatric surgery patients in southeastern Pennsylvania and to investigate the associations between payor type, insurance plan type, cost-sharing arrangements (among traditional Medicare beneficiaries), and bariatric surgery utilization.

Setting

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council's databases in southeastern Pennsylvania during 2014-2018.

Methods

All adult patients who underwent the most common types of bariatric surgery and a 1:1 matched sample of surgery patients and those who were eligible for surgery but did not undergo surgery were identified. Contingency tables, Pearson χ^2<

SUBMITTER: Gasoyan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096659 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature