Management and outcomes for children with acute appendicitis differ by hospital type: Areas for improvement at public hospitals

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-504

  Zilbert, Nathan R ^a   Stamell, Emily F ^a   Ezon, Isaac ^a   Schlager, Avi ^a   Ginsburg, Howard B ^a   Nadler, Evan P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Health care disparities; Outcomes; Public hospitals

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65949103202     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809332586     Document Type: Article

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