Incidence of Complicated Appendicitis as a Metric of Health Care Delivery.

DISCUSSION: Although provider coverage at the state level may seem adequate and not related to increased CAA rates, the distance patients traveled for their definitive surgical care correlated with higher rates of CAA. Adjusting physician distribution into nonurban settings closer to patients could decrease rates of CAA by diminishing time to definitive care. PMID: 33242987 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Surgeon - November 27, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Araim F, Shmelev A, Kowdley GC Tags: Am Surg Source Type: research