Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients.
Guller
Ulrich
U
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Basel/Switzerland.
Jain
Nitin
N
Curtis
Lesley H
LH
Oertli
Daniel
D
Heberer
Michael
M
Pietrobon
Ricardo
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States