Trends in Appendicitis and Perforated Appendicitis Prevalence in Children in the United States, 2001-2015

Darryl T Gray; Trina Mizrahi

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23484

Trends in Appendicitis and Perforated Appendicitis Prevalence in Children in the United States, 2001-2015

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2023484. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23484.

Authors

Darryl T Gray¹, Trina Mizrahi¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.

Abstract

This sequential, cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of perforated appendicitis in children in the United States in relation to access to health care from 2001 to 2015.

MeSH terms

Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Rupture / diagnosis*
Rupture / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology