Costs of bariatric surgery in a randomised control trial (RCT) comparing Roux en Y gastric bypass vs sleeve gastrectomy in morbidly obese diabetic patients.

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To provide a longitudinal analysis of the direct healthcare costs of providing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery service in the context of a randomised control trial (RCT) of obese patients with type 2 diabetes in Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): N Z Med J

Title: The New Zealand medical journal

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ISSN (Electronic): 1175-8716

ISSN (Print): 0028-8446

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 14 2016

Volume: 129

Issue: 1443

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[1 ] Consultant Bariatric and General Surgeon, St John of God Hospital Midland, Perth, Western Australia.

[2 ] Registrar, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin.

[3 ] Diabetologist, University of Auckland, Auckland.

[4 ] Health Intelligence Manager, Waitemata DHB, Auckland.

[5 ] Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, North Shore Hospital, Auckland.

[6 ] Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology, Waitemata DHB, Auckland.

[7 ] Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Cornwall Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK.

[8 ] UGI and Bariatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland.

[9 ] Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Peninsula Oesophagogastric Unit, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.

[10 ] Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, UK.

[11 ] Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, North Shore Hospital, Auckland.

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PubMed ID: 27736851

SO-VID: 6675168c-3b6e-4da5-9fc7-241cd3365947

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