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Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Bariatric surgery has been reported to be an effective but expensive method for obesity management. This study aimed to determine the economic benefit for patients who underwent bariatric surgery. METHODOLOGY: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent ba...

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Autores principales: Dohayan Al-Dohayan, Abdullah, Qamhiah, Danah Farhan, Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan, Alomar, Ali Abdullah, Almutairi, Faris Jamal, Alsalame, Nayef Mosleh, Alasbali, Majed Mohammed
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8884307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280632
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_877_21
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author Dohayan Al-Dohayan, Abdullah
Qamhiah, Danah Farhan
Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan
Alomar, Ali Abdullah
Almutairi, Faris Jamal
Alsalame, Nayef Mosleh
Alasbali, Majed Mohammed
author_facet Dohayan Al-Dohayan, Abdullah
Qamhiah, Danah Farhan
Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan
Alomar, Ali Abdullah
Almutairi, Faris Jamal
Alsalame, Nayef Mosleh
Alasbali, Majed Mohammed
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description BACKGROUND AND AIM: Bariatric surgery has been reported to be an effective but expensive method for obesity management. This study aimed to determine the economic benefit for patients who underwent bariatric surgery. METHODOLOGY: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent bariatric surgery and was on medications for obesity-related comorbidities at the Obesity Research Center in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data on the use and cost of medications before and after bariatric surgery were collected. RESULTS: A total of 266 patients, 107 males (40.23%), and 159 Females (59.77%) with a mean age of 41.06 years were included in the study. There was a reduction in the mean number of medications used by patients before and 1-year post-op (before: 1.84, after: 0.52), with a significant reduction in the cost of medications (SAR5152.24 before, and SAR1695.36 after, 67% reduction, P < 0.001). Patients < 32 years old had the most reduction in medications cost (76.64% reduction). No significant difference in the cost reduction after surgery between genders (P = 0.971). There were significant reductions in numbers of out-patient clinic visits (2.26 ± 2.43 to 1.57 ± 1.42) and in-patient hospitalizations (0.31 ± 0.57 to 0.10 ± 0.36) after surgery (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Bariatric surgery can be considered as a cost-effective treatment for patients with obesity-related comorbidities. A significant reduction has been found in post-operative medications cost, out-patient clinic visits and in-patient hospitalizations after bariatric surgery.
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spelling pubmed-88843072022-03-10 Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study Dohayan Al-Dohayan, Abdullah Qamhiah, Danah Farhan Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan Alomar, Ali Abdullah Almutairi, Faris Jamal Alsalame, Nayef Mosleh Alasbali, Majed Mohammed J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND AND AIM: Bariatric surgery has been reported to be an effective but expensive method for obesity management. This study aimed to determine the economic benefit for patients who underwent bariatric surgery. METHODOLOGY: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent bariatric surgery and was on medications for obesity-related comorbidities at the Obesity Research Center in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data on the use and cost of medications before and after bariatric surgery were collected. RESULTS: A total of 266 patients, 107 males (40.23%), and 159 Females (59.77%) with a mean age of 41.06 years were included in the study. There was a reduction in the mean number of medications used by patients before and 1-year post-op (before: 1.84, after: 0.52), with a significant reduction in the cost of medications (SAR5152.24 before, and SAR1695.36 after, 67% reduction, P < 0.001). Patients < 32 years old had the most reduction in medications cost (76.64% reduction). No significant difference in the cost reduction after surgery between genders (P = 0.971). There were significant reductions in numbers of out-patient clinic visits (2.26 ± 2.43 to 1.57 ± 1.42) and in-patient hospitalizations (0.31 ± 0.57 to 0.10 ± 0.36) after surgery (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Bariatric surgery can be considered as a cost-effective treatment for patients with obesity-related comorbidities. A significant reduction has been found in post-operative medications cost, out-patient clinic visits and in-patient hospitalizations after bariatric surgery. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-12 2021-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8884307/ /pubmed/35280632 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_877_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dohayan Al-Dohayan, Abdullah
Qamhiah, Danah Farhan
Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan
Alomar, Ali Abdullah
Almutairi, Faris Jamal
Alsalame, Nayef Mosleh
Alasbali, Majed Mohammed
Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title_full Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title_fullStr Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title_full_unstemmed Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title_short Cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: A retrospective study
title_sort cost effectiveness of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity related comorbidities: a retrospective study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8884307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280632
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_877_21
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