Perspectives of Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery: The Impact of Early Patient-Provider Communication on Bariatric Surgery Utilization
Our findings underscore the importance of proactive and early engagement between providers and patients regarding BS referrals. Addressing safety and efficacy concerns through comprehensive patient education by providers may improve BS referral rates by removing patients' perceived barriers to care. Financial concerns remain a significant barrier to BS utilization and should be further investigated and addressed.
Authors
- Agnes Premkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5675-5312)
- Nitin Srinivasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-846X)
- Lucy Harvey
- Jamil S. Samaan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6191-2631)
- Stephanie Nguyen
- Nithya Rajeev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-3739)
- Kamran Samakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1710-6245)
- Ashley Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-7186)
- Kenneth Alvarez
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-025-08305-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01