Explaining insurance-related and racial disparities in the surgical management of patients with acute appendicitis
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 194 (1) , 57-62
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.024
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