Skip to main content

Table 1 Information on health outcomes and utilisation of health care resources of patients from HC-FMUSP. Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2018

From: Impacts of bariatric surgery in health outcomes and health care costs in Brazil: Interrupted time series analysis of multi-panel data

Variable

Components

Health outcomes

Anthropometric measures (weight and height);

Hemodynamic measures (blood pressure);

Biochemical exams (cholesterol and fractions, triglycerides, insulin, glucose-linked haemoglobin, and fasting glucose).

Health care costs

Outpatient health care:

• Appointments with health professionals;

• Clinical assessment;

• Diagnostic exams.

Inpatient health care referring to intervention (bariatric surgery) and obesity-related procedures pre-and post-intervention:

• Hospital length of stay;

• Type of surgery;

• Inpatient procedures;

• Use of resources including the operating room, medication, meals, human resources, hemodynamic and biochemical exams.