Variable | Components |
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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. |