Insurance and the risk of ruptured appendix in the adult

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-33

  Wong, S W ^a   Haxhimolla, H ^a   Grieve, D A ^a   Fisher, R ^a   Keogh, G ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Insurance; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032923181     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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