Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, deferral of inpatient elective surgical procedures served as a primary mechanism to increase surge inpatient capacity. Given the benefit of bariatric surgery on treating obesity and associated comorbidities, decreased access to bariatric surgery may have long-term public health consequences. Understanding the extent of the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic to bariatric surgery will help health systems plan for appropriate access.

Materials and methods

This is an observational cohort study using the PINC AI Healthcare Database from 1/1/2019-6/31/2021. A Poisson regression model with patient characteristics and hospital-fixed effects was used to assess the relative monthly within-hospital reduction in surgical encounters, variations b

SUBMITTER: Angelo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature