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- Title
Discharge Disposition After Bariatric Surgery.
- Authors
Johnson, Emily; Simpson, Kit
- Abstract
Weight loss continues for extended time post-bariatric surgery; thus, discharge destination is an important factor to consider when examining outcomes of surgery. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality State Inpatient Database was utilized to identify patients with bariatric surgery and to determine factors associated with and predictive of home discharge. Patients that were discharged home had shorter length of stays, lower total hospital costs, fewer chronic conditions, and lower readmission rates. Factors predictive of discharge were identified. Being discharged home could be associated with characteristics vital to patient's long-term weight loss. It is imperative to focus on factors predictive of home discharge in order to reap the most beneficial outcomes of surgery.
- Subjects
WEIGHT loss; PATIENT readmissions; HOSPITAL costs; BARIATRIC surgery; QUALITY of life; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 10, p1821
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-014-1372-1