Pediatric appendicitis rupture rate: A national indicator of disparities in healthcare access

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jablonski, Kathleen A ^a   Guagliardo, Mark F ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27344431734     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-3-4     Document Type: Article

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