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Hospitals buy new equipment to care for obese patients.(Strategic notes)(Brief article)
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Health Care Strategic Management
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December 1, 2006
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More hospitals are changing to accommodate the rising number of morbidly obese patients, offering bariatric surgery, and other obesity-related procedures and tests, according to a report by the Toronto, ON-based healthcare strategic information firm Millennium Research Group (MRG).
"Bariatric equipment such as wheelchairs, beds, scales, and longer-length devices are often required when surgery ...