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Influence of referral type and sociodemographic factors on completion of bariatric surgery.

Surg Obes Relat Dis

December 2024

Northwestern Quality Improvement, Research and Education in Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Background: The impact of referral type and socioeconomic status on completion of the bariatric surgery process is not well understood.

Objectives: This study aims to 1) describe how sociodemographic characteristics influence referral type and 2) identify predictors of completion of surgery.

Setting: Large multihospital health care system, including a large academic medical center.

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Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective neurosurgical option for patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite being more costly than neuroablative procedures of comparable efficacy, DBS has gained popularity over the years for its reversibility and adjustability. Although the cost-effectiveness of DBS has been investigated extensively in movement disorders, few economic analyses of DBS for psychiatric disorders exist.

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Background: With a rapidly aging population, South Korea anticipates a surge in Alzheimer disease (AD). However, the genetic basis of AD in Koreans is not well understood.

Method: We sequenced the genomes of 3,540 Koreans (1,583 AD cases and 1,957 controls) older than age 60 and performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of AD using logistic regression models that included covariates for age, sex, five ancestry principal components, and an empirical genetic relationship matrix.

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Background: How clinicians discuss, document, and diagnose health concerns within a visit shapes patient perceptions of their health conditions. Undiagnosed hearing loss among older adults with dementia or cognitive concerns may exacerbate neuropsychiatric symptoms and care challenges. This study investigates clinician documentation of hearing concerns and whether documentation, diagnosis, and referral vary for older adults with dementia/cognitive concerns.

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