Disparities in appendicitis rupture rate among mentally ill patients

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tsay, Jen Huoy ^a   Lee, Cheng Hua ^b,c   Hsu, Yea Jen ^d   Wang, Pen Jen ^c   Bai, Ya Mei ^e   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^b   Huang, Nicole ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; APPENDICITIS; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 38149091857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-331     Document Type: Article

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