Arkinson Janine, Ji Hong, Fallah Shafagh, Pérez José, Chen Xi-Kuan, Leeb Kira
Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, Ontario.
Healthc Q. 2010;13(3):15-8. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2010.21807.
Given the rise in obesity rates, increasing capacity for bariatric surgery has become a focus for some provincial planners. Four types of bariatric procedures are now performed in Canada; however, funding for the procedures varies by jurisdiction. This article provides an update to our previous article documenting the volume of in-patient bariatric procedures but focuses on the extent to which Canadians are increasingly receiving bariatric procedures in day surgery settings.
鉴于肥胖率的上升，增加减肥手术的容量已成为一些省级规划者关注的焦点。目前加拿大有四种减肥手术；然而，这些手术的资金在不同司法管辖区有所不同。本文是我们之前关于记录住院减肥手术量的文章的更新，但重点关注加拿大人在日间手术环境中接受减肥手术的程度日益增加的情况。
