The impact of socioeconomic status on presentation and treatment of diverticular disease

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1993-2002

  Csikesz, Nicholas G ^a   Singla, Anand ^a   Simons, Jessica P ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disparities; Diverticulitis; NIS; Propensity scores; Race; Socioeconomic status; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953016080     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-1031-3     Document Type: Article

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