Standard referral practices from a specialty practice to a bariatric practice do not increase patient treatment for obesity

Background: 24 million Americans are morbidly obese and only 0.9% received surgical treatment in 2016. A referral program was initiated between a community bariatric practice and a total joint program. This specialty practice was chosen due to the growing evidence of higher morbidity after total joint arthroplasty in the morbidly obese patient. The aim of this study was to investigate referral practices and results.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research