Socioeconomic disparity in inpatient mortality after traumatic injury in adults

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-467

  Ali, Mays T ^a   Hui, Xuan ^a   Hashmi, Zain G ^a   Dhiman, Nitasha ^a   Scott, Valerie K ^a   Efron, David T ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84883236501     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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