- When patients in England or the U.S. have abdominal emergencies like appendicitis or a ruptured aneurysm, half as many in England get surgery and many more die, a new study suggests.
Patients in England, for example, were 4.25 times as likely as those in the U.S. to receive noncorrective care for ruptured aortic aneurysm and 8.53 times as likely with appendicitis. Some of the differences between the countries might be explained by factors the study could not measure, the authors acknowledge.
"Attitudes to ongoing care and further interventions may well be different in an insurance-led system versus one that is free at the point of access, especially patients who have undergone an intervention," he added.
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