Misdiagnosing adult appendicitis: clinical, cost, and socioeconomic implications of negative appendectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1076-1082

  Mock, Kyle ^a,b   Lu, Yang ^a,b   Friedlander, Scott ^a,b   Kim, Dennis Y ^a,b   Lee, Steven L ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Health care disparity; Hospital cost; Negative appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84999085116     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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