Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 377-385 , July 2010

Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for severely obese adolescents

  • Jaithri Ananthapavan, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Program Evaluation Unit, University of Melbourne School of Population Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Marjory Moodie, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Marjory Moodie, Dr.P.H., Public Health Research Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125 Australia
    • ,
  • Michelle Haby, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Robert Carter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Evaluation and Policy Cluster, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Received 26 May 2009 ,Revised 9 February 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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 Funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services.

PII: S1550-7289(10)00080-8

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.02.040

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 377-385 , July 2010

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