Effect of race and socioeconomic status in the treatment of appendicitis in patients with equal health care access

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-161

  Lee, Steven L ^a   Shekherdimian, Shant ^a   Chiu, Vicki Y ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951892629     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.328     Document Type: Article

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