Table 54: Mean Total Cost per 1,000 Patients for the 5 Years After Cohort Inception. From: Sampalis et al. (46).
| Year of follow-up | Cost for Bariatric Patients (Cdn) |
Cost for Control Patients (Cdn) |
Absolute Difference in Cost (Cdn) |
Cost ratio; Control/Bariatric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12,461,938 | $3,609,680 | $8,852,258 | 0.29 |
| 2 | $3,398,835 | $4,846,794 | $1,447,959 | 1.43 |
| 3 | $1,362,408 | $5,831,456 | $4,469,048 | 4.28 |
| 4 | $1,318,323 | $5,895,988 | $4,577,666 | 4.47 |
| 5 | $975,163 | $5,080,690 | $4,105,526 | 5.21 |
| Total | $19,516,667 | $25,264,608 | $5,747,941 | 1.29 |
(Copyright © FD-Communications. Reproduced with kind permission from Obesity Surgery. Sampalis JS, Liberman M, Auger S, Christou NV. The impact of weight reduction surgery on health-care costs in morbidly obese patients. Obesity Surgery 2004; 14(7):939-947.