Epidemiology of @entity698 and appendectomy for the XXXX in Taiwan, 2003-2011.

@entity1 @entity697 @entity1538 @entity698 @entity532 @entity258
BACKGROUND: Although numerous epidemiological studies on @entity698 have been conducted worldwide, only a few studies have paid attention to the effect of socioeconomic status on @entity698 , particularly studies focusing on the @entity258 ( @entity258 ). METHODS: We analyzed the epidemiological features of @entity698 in Taiwan using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database from 2003 to 2011. All cases diagnosed as @entity698 were enrolled. RESULTS: Between 2003 and 2011, 2,916 @entity1 from the @entity258 and 209,206 @entity1 from the normal population (NP) were diagnosed with @entity698 . Our finding revealed that the ratios of comorbidities, @entity532 , and readmissions in @entity258 @entity1 were slightly higher than those of NP @entity1 . @entity258 @entity1 were more likely to live in suburban and rural areas, and hence a higher proportion of them were hospitalized in a district or regional hospital compared with NP @entity1 . The crucially finding was that the overall incidence ratios of @entity698 , @entity697 , and @entity698 in the @entity258 were substantially higher than those in the NP (36.25%, 35.33%, and 37.28%, respectively). The mean LOS in @entity258 @entity1 was longer than that of NP @entity1 . The overall case-fatality ratio of appendectomy in the @entity258 was higher when compared with the NP (0.41% versus 0.12%, p < 0.05). We also observed that @entity698 was occurred frequently in male @entity1 , with a higher incidence for those aged 15-29 years in both the @entity258 and NP. The incidences of incidental appendectomy showed a decreasing trend in both the @entity258 and NP. Finally, a valuable discovery was that the total hospital cost was comparable between the laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) and @entity1538 ( @entity1538 ) (1,178    13 USD versus 1,191    19 USD, p < 0.05) in @entity258 @entity1 because they saved more hospitalization costs than NP @entity1 when the previous one chose the LA. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed that a lower socioeconomic status has significantly negative impact on the occurrence and treatment of @entity698 and appendectomy. In terms of hospital costs and LOS, @entity258 @entity1 benefit more from the LA approach than they do from the @entity1538 approach in the treatment of @entity698 .
