The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: When do they die?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-135

  Downing, Stephanie R ^a,c   Oyetunji, Tolulope A ^a   Greene, Wendy R ^a   Jenifer, Jacqueline ^a   Rogers Jr , Selwyn O ^d   Haider, Adil H ^c   Chang, David C ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards regression; Disparities; Insurance status

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751635490     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182032b34     Document Type: Article

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