New data shows that morbidly obese people with Type 2 diabetes that undergo bariatric surgery fully recover the costs of the surgery in two to three years and experience a significant reduction in diabetes diagnostics claims and diabetes medication claims after the surgery.
The study was conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Analysis Group, Inc. Many people (more…)
Two different studies have suggested that bariatric surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes is cost–effective.
The first study‚ involving administrative claims data of 2‚235 patients with diabetes aged 18 to 64 years‚ looked at the main outcomes of overall healthcare costs and use of diabetes medications. Compared with the baseline annual cost of $6‚376 per patient, the first–year total annual healthcare costs increased 9.7 (more…)
An increasing number of adolescents in California are undergoing gastric banding for weight loss‚ new research from the University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ shows.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved gastric banding for use in individuals younger than 18 years‚ but the procedure has overtaken gastric bypass as the most frequently performed weight–loss procedure in this age group. The study looked at 590 California (more…)
A new study shows diabetics undergoing bariatric surgery typically no longer need to take insulin and other medications controlling blood sugar, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
Nearly three-quarters of obese patients diagnosed with type 2 were off the medicine within six month of the weigh-loss surgery, according to the research carried out at Johns Hopkins University and published in the Archives of Surgery.
In light of the findings, (more…)
Most people with diabetes who have weight–loss bariatric surgery may be able to stop taking their diabetes medications‚ lowering healthcare costs, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
Study authors looked at 2‚235 adults with type 2 diabetes who underwent stomach–reducing surgery. Six months after surgery‚ nearly 75 percent of patients had eliminated their diabetes medications‚ and 84.5 percent of (more…)