title: Quality of life: cost and future of bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, CA, USA. elivings@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Livingston
authors.forename: Aaron S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D005544:Forecasting; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile