Association of hospital profit status with operative rates for acute appendicitis
Appendectomy rates for the treatment of appendicitis were greater in FP hospitals with almost all the difference in the rates explained by much higher charges observed in FP hospitals. The potential for greater profit from appendectomy as compared with NOM of appendicitis may explain why appendectomy is more common in FP hospitals.
Authors
- Edward H. Livingston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-0792)
- Amulya Vadlakonda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3778-1966)
- Peyman Benharash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-0262)
- Troy N. Coaston
- Konmal Ali
- Deep Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4578-3400)
- Melissa Justo
- Sona Mahrokhi
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgery Open Science
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sopen.2025.09.003
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00