Perforated appendicitis among rural and urban patients: Implications of access to care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-538

  Paquette, Ian M ^a,e   Zuckerman, Randall ^c,d   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a,b,d,e  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^d Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery   (United States)

^e North Country Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79951681292     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182096d68     Document Type: Article

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