A National Analysis of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Repair: Does Insurance Status Matter?
CONCLUSION: For open repair in patients with TAI and high injury burden, uninsured status was associated with a significant increase in mortality rate compared with insured patients. Future studies should investigate the effect of insurance type on TAI outcomes and causes of higher mortality in uninsured patients.
PMID: 32716631 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Surgeon - Category: Surgery Authors: Elkbuli A, Dowd B, Narvel RI, Smith Z, McKenney M, Boneva D Tags: Am Surg Source Type: research
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