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. 2011 Apr;2(2):82-89.
doi: 10.1136/fg.2010.002618.

Bariatric surgery - can we afford to do it or deny doing it?

Hutan Ashrafian  1 , Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
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Bariatric surgery - can we afford to do it or deny doing it?

Hutan Ashrafian et al. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2011 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric Surgery; Cost; Economics; Metabolic Surgery; Obesity.

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Competing interests: None.

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Figure 1
The cost of obesity.
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Hypothetical projection of the cost–benefit of bariatric surgery to UK society over 20 years.
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