{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2000534956","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","title":"Appendicitis 2000: Variability in practice, outcomes, and resource utilization at thirty pediatric hospitals","display_name":"Appendicitis 2000: Variability in practice, outcomes, and resource utilization at thirty pediatric hospitals","publication_year":2003,"publication_date":"2003-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2000534956","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","mag":"2000534956","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12632352"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S39924113","display_name":"Journal of Pediatric Surgery","issn_l":"0022-3468","issn":["0022-3468","1531-5037"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Pediatric Surgery","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063828339","display_name":"Kurt D. Newman","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1336742384","display_name":"Children's National","ror":"https://ror.org/03wa2q724","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1336742384"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193531525","display_name":"George Washington University","ror":"https://ror.org/00y4zzh67","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kurt Newman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1336742384","https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008548797","display_name":"Todd A. Ponsky","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-1493","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-1493"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Todd Ponsky","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067782840","display_name":"Kory Kittle","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kory Kittle","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072892462","display_name":"Lorna Dyk","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lorna Dyk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072048271","display_name":"Cheri Throop","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cheri Throop","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015317298","display_name":"Karen E. Gieseker","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Karen Gieseker","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030181277","display_name":"Marion R. Sills","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1322-0822","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1322-0822"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marion Sills","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"James Gilbert","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"James Gilbert","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington, DC"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington, DC","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4430,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4430},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.0562,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":237,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97888799,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"38","issue":"3","first_page":"372","last_page":"379"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11473","display_name":"Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11473","display_name":"Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12064","display_name":"Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11855","display_name":"Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pediatric-appendicitis","display_name":"pediatric appendicitis","score":0.8849999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ruptured-appendicitis","display_name":"ruptured appendicitis","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/appendectomy","display_name":"appendectomy","score":0.8169999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/laparoscopic-appendectomy","display_name":"laparoscopic appendectomy","score":0.9670000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/length-of-hospital-stay","display_name":"length of hospital stay","score":0.7620000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hospital-readmission","display_name":"hospital readmission","score":0.9539999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/antibiotic-use","display_name":"antibiotic use","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-utilization-health-care","display_name":"resource utilization (health care)","score":0.6499999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/practice-variability","display_name":"practice variability","score":0.6579999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/diagnostic-imaging","display_name":"diagnostic imaging","score":0.6209999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evidence-based-practice","display_name":"evidence-based practice","score":0.5950000286102295}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.989507794380188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780016130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121041","display_name":"Appendicitis","level":2,"score":0.8328726887702942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.4409518539905548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.3349292576313019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000208","descriptor_name":"Acute Disease","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000293","descriptor_name":"Adolescent","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000900","descriptor_name":"Anti-Bacterial Agents","qualifier_ui":"Q000627","qualifier_name":"therapeutic use","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001062","descriptor_name":"Appendectomy","qualifier_ui":"Q000191","qualifier_name":"economics","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001062","descriptor_name":"Appendectomy","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001064","descriptor_name":"Appendicitis","qualifier_ui":"Q000175","qualifier_name":"diagnosis","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001064","descriptor_name":"Appendicitis","qualifier_ui":"Q000188","qualifier_name":"drug therapy","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001064","descriptor_name":"Appendicitis","qualifier_ui":"Q000191","qualifier_name":"economics","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001064","descriptor_name":"Appendicitis","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D002648","descriptor_name":"Child","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002675","descriptor_name":"Child, Preschool","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003131","descriptor_name":"Combined Modality Therapy","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003952","descriptor_name":"Diagnostic Imaging","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006295","descriptor_name":"Health Resources","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006776","descriptor_name":"Hospitals, Pediatric","qualifier_ui":"Q000191","qualifier_name":"economics","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006776","descriptor_name":"Hospitals, Pediatric","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007223","descriptor_name":"Infant","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007231","descriptor_name":"Infant, Newborn","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007902","descriptor_name":"Length of Stay","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010343","descriptor_name":"Patient Admission","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010535","descriptor_name":"Laparoscopy","qualifier_ui":"Q000191","qualifier_name":"economics","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010535","descriptor_name":"Laparoscopy","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010818","descriptor_name":"Practice Patterns, Physicians'","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012422","descriptor_name":"Rupture, Spontaneous","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D016527","descriptor_name":"Drug Costs","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D016896","descriptor_name":"Treatment Outcome","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017721","descriptor_name":"Hospital Costs","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2003.50111","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S39924113","display_name":"Journal of Pediatric Surgery","issn_l":"0022-3468","issn":["0022-3468","1531-5037"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Pediatric Surgery","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:12632352","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12632352","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of pediatric surgery","raw_type":"Comparative Study"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1982844391","https://openalex.org/W2001814329","https://openalex.org/W2022914349","https://openalex.org/W2035103920","https://openalex.org/W2037017809","https://openalex.org/W2038313639","https://openalex.org/W2038696666","https://openalex.org/W2044365628","https://openalex.org/W2050857666","https://openalex.org/W2058545061","https://openalex.org/W2086446741","https://openalex.org/W2140780207","https://openalex.org/W2150072091","https://openalex.org/W2159633618","https://openalex.org/W2401028199","https://openalex.org/W4366064513"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W784437528","https://openalex.org/W2064289606","https://openalex.org/W2981190350","https://openalex.org/W2006123831","https://openalex.org/W2029424405","https://openalex.org/W2595115762","https://openalex.org/W2014906468","https://openalex.org/W2128802898","https://openalex.org/W2012564644","https://openalex.org/W2780431503"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":17}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}