Abdominal CT scanning in reproductive-age women with right lower quadrant abdominal pain: Does its use reduce negative appendectomy rates and healthcare costs?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 580-584

  Morse, Bryan C ^a   Roettger, Richard H ^a   Kalbaugh, Corey A ^a   Blackhurst, Dawn W ^a   Hines Jr , William B ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGE; APPENDICITIS; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548555918     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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