each case is different...
did the kids come in on their own?...or was their drugged adled parent with them, demanding oxy's?...
were these kids in repeatedly, brought in by said parents?....were the kids the prop for getting more oxy's for mommy or daddy?...
true appendicitis is a surgical emergency...if the "kids" were sent home without oxys then they probably did not have appendicitis....
my mother would have given us ginger ale and a hot water bottle to hold to our abdomen for pain...
I think it is has to do with the hospitals they end up in. Blacks and whites concentrate and work in different areas and thus end up in different hospitals. Controlling by hospital or income might have enlightening results.