The economic impact of motor vehicle crashes: The cost of restrained versus unrestrained occupants in South Carolina

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Gill, Satinderjit S ^a,b   Jakub, James W ^a   Pease, Mary C ^a   Woollen, Claude D ^a  

^a Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INSURANCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036598604     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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