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Outcomes and Costs of Managing Appendicitis at Safety-Net Hospitals

Author(s) -

Roy P. Won,

Scott Friedlander,

Steven L. Lee

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2209

Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , medicaid , emergency medicine , safety net , perforation , retrospective cohort study , general surgery , medical emergency , environmental health , health care , confidence interval , punching , materials science , economics , metallurgy , economic growth

Safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable populations with limited resources. Although complex, elective operations performed at safety-net hospitals have been associated with inferior outcomes and higher costs, it is unclear whether a similar association has been seen with common emergency general surgery performed at safety-net hospitals.

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