Improving obesity treatment through telemedicine: increasing access to bariatric surgery

Affiliations

¹ Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan; National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Editorial

Grace F Chao et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;17(1):9-11.

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

¹ Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan; National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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