Becker's Healthcare March 31, 2025
GLP-1 medications are reshaping the weight management landscape — and beginning to take a bite out of bariatric surgery volumes in hospitals.
Between 2022 and 2023, bariatric surgery rates fell 25.6% as GLP-1 prescriptions rose 132.6%, according to a study from researchers at Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Vizient projects inpatient bariatric...