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Bariatric surgery in Belgium: organisation and payment of care before and after surgery
KCE Reports 329C (2020)
More than one in three adults in Belgium is currently overweight and 16% are obese. Furthermore, roughly one person in every hundred has had so-called “bariatric” surgery. In 2019 the KCE had already published an initial study on this type of surgery (KCE report 316, 2019), confirming that this operation is more effective than the traditional methods aimed at weight loss.
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Bariatric surgery: an HTA report on the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness
KCE Reports 316C (2019)
Bariatric operations (i.e. for the purpose of losing weight) have increased by more than 80% over the last seven years. In the majority of cases, these operations result in significant and lasting weight loss, along with a reduction in the risk of obesity-related death and an improvement in diabetes, which is often present in obese people.
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