Navigating Limited Resources–Outpatient Pediatric Cholecystectomies at Rural Hospitals
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Erin C. Howell, Rie Sakai-Bizmark, Shannon Richardson, Youngju Pak, Steven L. Lee, Daniel A. DeUgarte
Topic overview
Rural facilities that provide pediatric surgical services are a critical resource to local communities. Our aim was to characterize differences in outpatient pediatric cholecystectomy outcomes performed at rural and urban hospitals with the hypothesis that rural hospitals would have similar outcomes.
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