Effect of race and insurance on outcome of pediatric trauma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 809-812

  Hakmeh, Wael ^a   Barker, Jarrod ^a   Szpunar, Susan M ^a   Fox, James M ^a,b   Irvin, Charlene B ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Pediatrics; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77955767391     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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