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Clinical and Economic Evaluation of Outpatient Bariatric Surgery
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Outpatient health care pathway for Obesity, Morbid. Completed, enrolled 60 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study first presents the organizational path and the health interventions included in the care episode for outpatient bariatric surgery, as compared to the health interventions usually performed in the care episode for bariatric surgery (including a conventional hospitalization with at least one-night inpatient). Then, the study aims to estimate and to compare the costs of bariatric surgery inpatient care episode to the costs of outpatient care episode, and also to evaluate the postoperative medical consequences.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
A surgical procedure performed as an outpatient procedure means that the patient leaves the hospital before 8pm the same day. The surgery is identical but the standard care pathway is reinforced to insure a safe return to home.