Insurance status is associated with complex presentation among emergency general surgery patients

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 320-328

  Scott, John W ^a   Havens, Joaquim M ^a   Wolf, Lindsey L ^a   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a   Rose, John A ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINAL GANGRENE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001816346     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.08.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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