title: Economic Impact of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Rural Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King's Daughters' Health Madison, Madison, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Cronen
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lunsford
authors.forename: Amy S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gifaldi
authors.forename: Lanny R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gore
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D012189:Retrospective Studies