Identifying barriers to shared decision-making about bariatric surgery in two large health systems.
David E ArterburnLeah TuzzioJane AnauCara C LewisNeely WilliamsAnita CourcoulasDiana StilwellAli TavakkoliBestoun AhmedMargie WilcoxGary S FischerKathleen PaulMatt HandleyAnirban GuptaKathleen McTiguePublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)
Health systems face numerous barriers to SDM around bariatric surgery, and these can be easily identified and prioritized by multistakeholder teams. Future research should seek to identify effective strategies to address these common barriers.