Insurance Status, but Not Race, Predicts Perforation in Adult Patients with Acute Appendicitis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-452

  Pieracci, Fredric M ^a   Eachempati, Soumitra R ^a   Barie, Philip S ^a   Callahan, Mark A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548164872     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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