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Inequalities in the provision of bariatric surgery for morbid obesity in Australia

Anna Peeters, Reannan L Cashen and Paul E O’Brien
Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06832.x
Published online: 6 June 2005

Anna Peeters,* Reannan L Cashen,† Paul E O’Brien‡


  • 1 Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
  • 2 Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Monash University, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne VIC 3004.


Acknowledgements: 

All data were provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Anna Peeters is a VicHealth Research Fellow.

Competing interests:

Paul O’Brien is a bariatric surgeon who receives research funding from Inamed Health Corporation, manufacturers of the Bioenterics Lap Band. Inamed Health Corporation had no involvement in writing or submitting this letter.

  • 1. Talbot ML, Jorgensen JO, Loi KW. Difficulties in provision of bariatric surgical services to the morbidly obese. Med J Aust 2005; 182: 344-347. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Medical Services Advisory Committee. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity. Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing, 2003. (MSAC Reference 14.)

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