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Pierre Levy

Researcher at Paris Dauphine University

Publications -  79
Citations -  1375

Pierre Levy is an academic researcher from Paris Dauphine University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cost effectiveness & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 76 publications receiving 1093 citations. Previous affiliations of Pierre Levy include University of Paris & French Institute of Health and Medical Research.

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The economic cost of obesity: the French situation.

TL;DR: The results were remarkably similar to previous reports on the economic costs of obesity in other western countries which concluded that the cost of obesity amounted to around 2% to 5% of the total cost of health care in industrialized societies.
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Economic evaluation of immunoglobulin replacement in patients with primary antibody deficiencies

TL;DR: While the theoretical model showed very little difference between SCIG and hospital‐based IVIG costs, SCIG appears to be 25% less expensive with field data because of lower doses used in SCIG patients, and the reality of the dose difference between both routes of administration needs to be confirmed.
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The Comparative Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Weight and Type 2 Diabetes

TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis based on case series data as well as controlled studies confirm that bariatric surgery is highly effective in obtaining weight reduction in morbidly obese patients up to 60% of the excess weight, along with resolution of preoperative diabetes in more than 75% of cases.