• Healthc Q · Jan 2010

    Bariatric surgery in Canada: a focus on day surgery procedures.

    • Janine Arkinson, Hong Ji, Shafagh Fallah, José Pérez, Xi-Kuan Chen, and Kira Leeb.
    • Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, Ontario.
    • Healthc Q. 2010 Jan 1; 13 (3): 15-8.

    AbstractGiven the rise in obesity rates, increasing capacity for bariatric surgery has become a focus for some provincial planners. Four types of bariatric procedures are now performed in Canada; however, funding for the procedures varies by jurisdiction. This article provides an update to our previous article documenting the volume of in-patient bariatric procedures but focuses on the extent to which Canadians are increasingly receiving bariatric procedures in day surgery settings.

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