Influence of psychosocial and sociodemographic factors in the surgical management of traumatic cervicothoracic spinal cord injury at level I and II trauma centers in the United States - Hagan MJ, Pertsch NJ, Leary OP, Zheng B, Camara-Quintana JQ, Niu T, Mueller K, Boghani Z, Telfeian AE, Gokaslan ZL, Oyelese AA, Fridley JS.

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic factors can bias clinician decision-making in many areas of medicine. Psychosocial characteristics such as diagnosis of alcoholism, substance abuse, and major psychiatric disorder are emerging as potential sources of conscious and...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news