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The type of hospital in which black, Hispanic and other minority patients receive care affects their odds of developing a perforated appendix, researchers from UCLA have found. The type of hospital in ...

A new study describes the role of hospital type in race-based treatment disparities among pediatric appendicitis patients. When researchers from UCLA Medical Center investigated the link between ...