Insurance status is a predictor of failure to rescue in trauma patients at both safety net and non-safety net hospitals

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 728-733

  Bell, Teresa M ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Failure to rescue; trauma center mortality; trauma risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAILURE TO RESCUE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885357422     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182a53aaa     Document Type: Article

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