title: Medicare policy on bariatric surgery: decision making in the face of uncertainty.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Technology Policy, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA. sean.tunis@cmtpnet.org
authors.forename: Sean R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tunis
authors.forename: Donna A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Messner
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology