Bariatric Surgery, health and medicine homework help

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Bariatric surgery, which at times is considered an elective procedure, is very popular in the U.S. During their recent monthly meeting, your hospital board of directors has recommended that you start a bariatric surgery center of excellence.

Using the Online library or the Internet, research bariatric surgery. Based on your research and understanding, respond to the following:

  • Outline your approach to identifying your target market. Share who will be able to afford this procedure as an elective surgery as well as the medical disciplines involved with evaluation and care.
  • Identify and explain the indirect financial benefit from a bariatric center of excellence to various hospital departments, which would result from this hospital based program. When considering the indirect financial benefit, review the financial impact from the patient's first evaluation to their final postoperative visit.

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Bariatric Surgery.
Bariatric surgery is a contemporary weight loss procedure performed on people who suffer
from clinically severer obesity. The most common procedures for the surgery include
laparoscopic gastric bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy. Bariatric surgery is considered as an
effective and long lasting way of treating severe obesity. Studies have shown that non-surgical
procedures result to 5%-10% loss of excess body fat and in a very successful case; it is estimated
to be in the range of 18%-19%. Bariatric surgery has proven to give better and long lasting
results to patients (Buchwald et al., 2004).
The target market for this procedure comprises of obese adults...


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