Top bariatric hospitals, better outcomes (redOrbit)

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Eighty-eight U.S. hospitals are rated as best performers for bariatric surgery, a weight loss procedure, officials at a healthcare ratings organization said. HealthGrades evaluated the quality of bariatric surgery in hospitals across 19 states that provide all-payer information.


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Bariatrics The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. The term bariatrics was created around 1965, from the Greek root baro ("weight," as in barometer), suffix -iatr ("treatment," as in pediatrics), and suffix -ic ("pertaining to"). Besides the pharmacotherapy of obesity, it is concerned with obesity surgery.