Short-term medication cost savings for treating hypertension and diabetes after gastric bypass
Ghiassi S, Morton J, Bellatorre N, Eisenberg D. Short-term medication cost savings for treating hypertension and diabetes after gastric bypass. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2011, 8: 269-274. PMID: 21723203, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2011.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastric bypass surgerySubset of patientsCost of medicationsBypass surgeryPersistent hypertensionDiabetic medicationsGastric bypassPalo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care SystemVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemAnnual medication costsPostoperative medication requirementsRemission of diabetesGastric bypass patientsMedication cost savingsTreatment of hypertensionEconomic healthcare burdenHealth care systemAntihypertensive medicationsComplete remissionDiabetes medicationsMedication requirementsProspective databaseBariatric surgeryBypass patientsAnnual cost