Disparities in trauma care: Are fewer diagnostic tests conducted for uninsured patients with pelvic fracture?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-370

  Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi B ^a   Haider, Adil H ^b   Oyetunji, Tolulope A ^a   Khoury, Amal ^a   Cubangbang, Maricel ^a   Haut, Elliot R ^b   Greene, Wendy R ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Siram, Suryanarayana M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Disparities; Pelvic fracture; Procedures; Trauma; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875249749     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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