Abstract

Obesity is a clearly under-researched chronic disease in Brazil, despite its increasing prevalence. There’s a considerable increasing growth of obesity in the country and it’s important to characterize obesity as a disease and to report the cost burden associated to it. This study aims to assess the impact demand and costs related to severe obesity identified from the bariatric surgery procedure in the Brazilian Public Healthcare System.

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