Insurance status, not race, is a determinant of outcomes from vehicular injury

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 722-727

  Tepas III, Joseph J ^a   Pracht, Etienne E ^d   Orban, Barbara L ^b   Flint, Lewis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953779829     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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