Observational cohort investigating health outcomes and healthcare costs after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a study protocol.
Victoria GershuniElizabeth Wall-WielerYuki LiuFeibi ZhengMaria S AltieriPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
As this was an observational study of deidentified patients in the Merative database, Institutional Review Board approval and consent were exempt (in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule). An IRB exemption was approved by the wcg IRB (#13931684). Knowledge dissemination will include presenting results at national and international conferences, sharing findings with specialty societies, and publishing results in peer-reviewed journals. All data management and analytic code will be made available publicly to enable others to leverage our methods to verify and extend our findings.
Keyphrases
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- healthcare
- bariatric surgery
- study protocol
- end stage renal disease
- health information
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- big data
- ejection fraction
- clinical trial
- emergency department
- weight loss
- quality improvement
- social media
- case report
- electronic health record
- machine learning
- drug administration
- cross sectional
- deep learning
- patient reported
- data analysis