Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 3 , Pages 445-452 , September 2007

Insurance Status, but Not Race, Predicts Perforation in Adult Patients with Acute Appendicitis

  • Fredric M. Pieracci, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Fredric M Pieracci, MD, 411 East 69th St, #KB-220, New York, NY 10021.
    • ,
  • Soumitra R. Eachempati, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Mark A. Callahan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.

Received 18 October 2006 ,Revised 28 March 2007 ,Accepted 9 April 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00514-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.010

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 3 , Pages 445-452 , September 2007

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