Charge awareness affects treatment choice: Prospective randomized trial in pediatric appendectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 189-193

  Russell, Katie W ^a   Rollins, Michael D ^a   Barnhart, Douglas C ^a   Mone, Mary C ^a   Meyers, Rebecka L ^a   Skarda, David E ^a   Soukup, Elizabeth S ^a   Black, Richard E ^a   Molitor, Mark S ^a   Stoddard, Gregory J ^a   Scaife, Eric R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cost transparency; Healthcare costs; Healthcare economics; Patient choice; Pediatric appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; LAPAROSCOPY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937932620     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000885     Document Type: Article

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