A growing body of evidence supports the efficacy and safety of bariatric surgery for clinically
severe obesity. Despite this empirical support, bariatric surgery remains profoundly …

Importance Patients with urologic diseases often experience financial toxicity, defined as
high levels of financial burden and concern, after receiving care. The Price Transparency …

Importance Genital gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is safe and offers substantial benefits to
patients. Geographic accessibility and high out-of-pocket (OOP) costs reportedly hinder …

Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) semaglutide and liraglutide
as antiobesity medications has surged in recent years. 1, 2 Anecdotally, health systems …

Background: Access to bariatric surgery is restricted by insurers in numerous ways,
including by precertification criteria such as 3–6 months preoperative supervised medical …

Objective Prior research suggests shared decision‐making (SDM) could improve patient
and health care provider communication about bariatric surgery. The aim of this work was to …

Methods: This study used an employer-sponsored insurance claims database to analyze
billing data of commercially insured patients who underwent elective orthopaedic surgery …

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in the United States. Several
studies have shown racial disparities in the cardiovascular outcomes. When compared to …

Purpose Populations most affected by obesity are not reflected in the patients who undergo
bariatric surgery. Gaps in the referral system have been studied, but there is a lack of …

Background Among patients who express interest in bariatric surgery, dropout rates from
bariatric surgery programs are reported as high as 60%. There is a lack of understanding …