title: Bariatric surgery in minority patients before and after implementation of a centers of excellence program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. lnichola@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Lauren Hersch
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Dimick
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001741:Black or African American
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