Guest guest Posted August 14, 2000 Report Share Posted August 14, 2000 Hi, Well I haven't been goofing off tonight! Stunning New Findings Confirm the Advantage of Mini-Gastric Bypass over Older Bypass Surgery: Analysis of the latest 20 state 7 million record database of national data shows amazing differences with the Mini-Gastric Bypass. The Mini-Gastric Bypass has 1/10 the death rate, 1/3 the hospital stay and less than half the hospital charges of the old open Gastric Bypass Surgery! " Old Gastric Bypass " ICD-9 Code 44.31 Mini-Gastric Bypass # of Cases 2,290 785 Mortality Rate 1.8% 0.13% Average Hospital Stay 5.2 + 4.7 days 1.6 + 2.1 days Average Hospital Charges $21,000 + $29,000 $9,500 + $11,000 The " Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP-3), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. " Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) is a stratified probability sample of hospitals drawn from the SID. The NIS is designed to approximate a 20-percent sample of U.S. community hospitals, including roughly 7 million discharges from about 1,000 hospitals. It is the largest all-payer inpatient database in the United States; data are now available from 1988 through 1997. The source of the data is the " Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP-3), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. " RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Please join the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at http://www.onelist.com The Latest Version of the Mini-Gastric Bypass Patient Education Manual ( http://www.clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm ) Imagine a 30 min. Outpatient cure for Obesity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2000 Report Share Posted August 14, 2000 Oops... For a better view of this new data go to.. http://clos.net/mgb_vs_ogb.htm RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Please join the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at http://www.onelist.com The Latest Version of the Mini-Gastric Bypass Patient Education Manual ( http://www.clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm ) Imagine a 30 min. Outpatient cure for Obesity Stunning New Findings!! > Hi, > > Well I haven't been goofing off tonight! > Stunning New Findings Confirm the Advantage of Mini-Gastric Bypass over > Older Bypass Surgery: > Analysis of the latest 20 state 7 million record database of national data > shows amazing differences with the Mini-Gastric Bypass. > > The Mini-Gastric Bypass has 1/10 the death rate, 1/3 the hospital stay and > less than half the hospital charges of the old open Gastric Bypass Surgery! > > " Old Gastric Bypass " ICD-9 Code 44.31 Mini-Gastric Bypass > # of Cases 2,290 785 > Mortality Rate 1.8% 0.13% > Average Hospital Stay 5.2 + 4.7 days 1.6 + 2.1 days > Average Hospital Charges $21,000 + $29,000 $9,500 + $11,000 > > > The " Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP-3), Agency for Health > Care Policy and Research. " Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) The Nationwide > Inpatient Sample (NIS) is a stratified probability sample of hospitals drawn > from the SID. The NIS is designed to approximate a 20-percent sample of U.S. > community hospitals, including roughly 7 million discharges from about 1,000 > hospitals. It is the largest all-payer inpatient database in the United > States; data are now available from 1988 through 1997. > > The source of the data is the " Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project > (HCUP-3), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. " > > RR > > Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. > The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery > 4301 Ben lin Blvd. > Durham, N.C. 27704 > Telephone #: > Fax #: > Email: DrR@... > > ************************************************ > Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net > ************************************************ > Please join the > Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List > at http://www.onelist.com > > The Latest Version of the > Mini-Gastric Bypass > Patient Education Manual > ( http://www.clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm ) > > Imagine a 30 min. Outpatient cure for Obesity > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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