Undiagnosed medical comorbidities in the uninsured: A significant predictor of mortality following trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1093-1099

  Duron, Vincent P ^a   Monaghan, Sean F ^a   Connolly, Michael D ^a   Gregg, Shea C ^a   Stephen, Andrew H ^a   Adams, Charles A ^a   Cioffi, William G ^a   Heffernan, Daithi S ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Insurance; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869749320     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31826fc844     Document Type: Article

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