Ethnic disparities exist in trauma care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1138-1142

  Shafi, Shahid ^a,c   De La Plata, Carlos Marquez ^a   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^a   Bransky, Aaron ^a   Frankel, Heidi ^a   Elliott, Alan C ^b   Parks, Jennifer ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic disparities; Rehabilitation; TBI; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INSURANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048961735     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181568cd4     Document Type: Article

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