A framework for studying race-based disparities in the use of metabolic and bariatric surgery for the management of pediatric obesity

Am J Surg. 2021 Jul;222(1):49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.11.043. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Surgery, 55 Fruit St, GRB 425, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Healthcare Transformation Lab, 50 Staniford St, 7(th) Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. Electronic address: npperez@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine - Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics - Division of Endocrinology, 50 Staniford Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
³ Children's National Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
⁴ Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance, Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, 6700 West Loop South, Suite 500, Bellaire, TX, 77401, USA.
⁵ University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Surgery, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.

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