Incidence of appendicitis over time: A comparative analysis of an administrative healthcare database and a pathology-proven appendicitis registry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Coward, Stephanie ^a   Kareemi, Hashim ^a   Clement, Fiona ^a   Zimmer, Scott ^b   Dixon, Elijah ^a,c   Ball, Chad G ^c   Heitman, Steven J ^a   Swain, Mark ^a   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREND STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994627441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165161     Document Type: Article

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