Comparing 20 years of national general surgery malpractice claims data: Obesity versus morbid obesity

  • Cynthia E. Weber
  • , Lindsay J. Talbot
  • , Justin M. Geller
  • , Marissa C. Kuo
  • , Philip Y. Wai
  • , Paul C. Kuo

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-297
Number of pages5
JournalThe American Journal of Surgery
Volume205
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery

Keywords

  • General surgery malpractice
  • Morbid obesity
  • Obesity
  • Body Mass Index
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Gastric Bypass/mortality
  • Male
  • Insurance, Liability/economics
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Obesity, Morbid/mortality
  • Obesity/mortality
  • United States/epidemiology
  • Female
  • Malpractice/economics

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