{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["37(6)"],"submitter":["Angelo J"],"funding":["Commonwealth Fund"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>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"],"journal":["Surgical endoscopy"],"pagination":["4917-4925"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9514883"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery."],"pmcid":["PMC9514883"],"pubmed_authors":["Soto M","Angelo J","Tsai TC","Dai D","Orav EJ","Tavakkoli A","Spector D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jun","modification":"2025-04-03T21:30:56.602Z","creation":"2025-04-03T21:30:56.602Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9514883","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36167873"],"doi":["10.1007/s00464-022-09655-3"]}}