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Weight loss surgery in Australia
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Topic: Hospitals
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010) Weight loss surgery in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2010). Weight loss surgery in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Weight loss surgery in Australia. AIHW, 2010.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Weight loss surgery in Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2010.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010, Weight loss surgery in Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report shows that there was a substantial increase in weight loss surgery in Australia, from approximately 500 separations in 1998-99 to 17,000 in 2007-08. In 2007-08, 90% of separations for weight loss surgery were in private hospitals, with private health insurance funding 82% of separations. In 2007-08, the estimated cost of hospital care for weight loss surgery was $108 million-approximately $15.2 million in benefits was paid through the Medicare Benefits Schedule for weight loss surgery-related procedures.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-070-0
- Cat. no: HSE 91
- Pages: 60