The impact of general surgeon supply on the risk of appendiceal rupture in North Carolina

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 910-915

  Neuwahl, Simon ^a   Ricketts, Thomas ^a   Holmes, Mark ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; general surgery; surgery workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84899491063     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182988804     Document Type: Article

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