Accreditation in metabolic and bariatric surgery: pro versus con

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Mar-Apr;10(2):198-202. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.01.012. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Authors

Robin Blackstone¹, Justin B Dimick², Ninh T Nguyen³

Affiliations

¹ Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California. Electronic address: ninhn@uci.edu.

PMID: 24679636
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.01.012

No abstract available

Keywords: Accreditation; Bariatric surgery; CMS national coverage determination.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Accreditation*
Bariatric Surgery / standards*
Humans
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Societies, Medical*
United States