How does insurance status correlate with trauma mechanisms and outcomes? A retrospective study at a level 1 trauma center - Chun M, Zhang Y, Nguyen A, Becnel C, Noguera V, Taghavi S, Guidry C, Hussein M, Toraih E, McGrew P.

OBJECTIVE: Studies showed that a lack of insurance is associated with worse trauma outcomes. We examine insurance status and trauma mortality in a diverse metropolitan city and hypothesize that the higher risk of mortality in uninsured patients is due to i...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news