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Cost of Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Its Impact on Healthcare Expense–Nationwide Data from a Polish Registry

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  • Magdalena Osińska

    (Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, 137 Wołoska Str., 02-507 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Iwona Towpik

    (Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology, and Endocrinology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, 28 Zyty Str., 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Yaroslav Sanchak

    (Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, 137 Wołoska Str., 02-507 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Edward Franek

    (Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, 137 Wołoska Str., 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
    Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, 5 Pawińskiego Str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Andrzej Śliwczyński

    (Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, 43 Świeradowska Str., 02-662 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Magdalena Walicka

    (Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, 137 Wołoska Str., 02-507 Warsaw, Poland
    Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, 5 Pawińskiego Str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

Weight loss surgery is linked to health benefits and may reduce the cost to the public healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to assess the cost and cost-structure in the one-year periods before and after a bariatric surgery in the Polish nationwide registry. The study included 2390 obese adults which underwent surgical treatment for obesity in 2017. The cost structure and the total costs per patient for one year before bariatric surgery, preoperatively, and for one year after surgery were analyzed. The total cost of the postoperative period was about PLN 3 million lower than during the preoperative period. After bariatric surgery, a reduction of approximately 59% in costs associated with hospital treatment was observed. The costs of outpatient specialist services, hospital treatment, psychiatric care, and addiction treatment also significantly decreased. There was a negative correlation between the changes in the cost of treatment of patients undergoing obesity surgery and their age. The health care cost during the period of one year after bariatric surgery is lower than in the year preceding the surgery (a greater cost difference is observed in younger people). This is mainly influenced by the reduction in costs associated with hospital treatment.

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  • Magdalena Osińska & Iwona Towpik & Yaroslav Sanchak & Edward Franek & Andrzej Śliwczyński & Magdalena Walicka, 2023. "Cost of Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Its Impact on Healthcare Expense–Nationwide Data from a Polish Registry," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:1118-:d:1028987
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