title: Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Basel/Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Guller
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Lesley H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oertli
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heberer
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietrobon
mesh_terms: 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