The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 3 , Pages 357-362 , September 2010

Post-appendectomy visits to the emergency department within the global period: a target for cost containment

  • Francesco A. Aiello, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Erica R. Gross, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Aleksandra Krajewski, B.S.N.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Robert Fuller, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Anthony Morgan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Andrew Duffy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Walter Longo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Robert Kozol, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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  • Rajiv Chandawarkar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 860 679 4444; fax: +1 860 679 7905

Received 12 April 2009 ,Revised 21 August 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00796-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.10.010

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 3 , Pages 357-362 , September 2010