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Management and Outcomes for Children With Acute Appendicitis Differ by Hospital Type: Areas for Improvement at Public Hospitals

Nathan R. Zilbert, Emily F. Stamell, Isaac Ezon, Avi Schlager, Howard B. Ginsburg, and Evan P. Nadler*

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: evan.nadler{at}nyumc.org.


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Background. Access to health care is a well-recognized issue in health policy, but use once patients have entered the health care system is uncommonly addressed. Methods. We performed a retrospective review of children between 2 and 17 years of age with pathologically confirmed appendicitis at our public city hospital and private university hospital and compared management and outcomes. Results. Among patients with acute appendicitis, the median length of stay was a day longer in the public hospital (2 days vs 1 day, P = < .001) despite a similar complication rate (12% vs 11%). More computed tomography (CT) scans were performed at the public hospital (36% vs 21%, P = .02) with a trend toward less use of ultrasound (US) (54% vs 65%, P = .13). Conclusions. Children at the public city hospital have a longer length of stay and undergo more expensive imaging. These findings may provide areas for improvement to optimize the care of children with appendicitis at government-funded institutions.

First published on February 27, 2009, doi:10.1177/0009922809332586

Clinical Pediatrics 2009;48:499.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009

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