Improving Equity of Access to a Publicly Funded Bariatric Surgery Programme by Removal of Mandatory Weight Loss Targets.
Alexandra GowerNicholas EvennettGrant BebanElaine YiElizabeth ChenPublished in: Obesity surgery (2024)
Elimination of preoperative weight loss targets improves access to bariatric surgery for Māori and Pacific patients, inequitably affected by obesity. Removal of preoperative weight loss targets does not adversely affect weight loss outcomes, or postoperative complications, thus supporting their elimination.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- obese patients
- gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- glycemic control
- ejection fraction
- patients undergoing
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- public health
- clinical trial
- patient reported outcomes
- study protocol
- skeletal muscle
- randomized controlled trial
- body mass index
- patient reported
- global health