Acute appendicitis in latino children: Do health disparities exist?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-293

  Boomer, Laura ^a   Freeman, Jennifer ^a   Landrito, Earl ^a   Feliz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; children; health disparity; Latino

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT; INSURANCE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956922921     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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