Does access to care affect outcomes of appendicitis in children? - A population-based cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  To, Teresa ^a,b,c   Langer, Jacob C ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77955791977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-250     Document Type: Article

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