Fig. 3.

Frequency distribution of an episode of care of inpatient costs expressed in constant dollars (reference 2016–2017 = 100) for all patients (n = 89) who received laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery (a) and cost/day for an episode of care (b). Frequency distribution of inpatient episode of care costs expressed in constant dollars (reference 2016–2017 = 100) for all patients c with diabetes (n = 46) and d without diabetes (n = 45) who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery in the Tasmanian public hospital system. LAGB laparoscopic adjustable gastric band