Undertriage of firearm-related injuries in a major metropolitan area

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 467-474

  Lale, Allison ^a   Krajewski, Allison ^a   Friedman, Lee S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; ILLINOIS; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019917147     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.5049     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Faul M, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2012;61(RR-1):1-20.
2. Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV, et al. Relationship between trauma center volume and outcomes. JAMA. 2001;285(9):1164-1171.
3. MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, et al. A national evaluation of the effect of trauma-center care on mortality. N Engl J Med. 2006;354(4):366-378.
4. Haas B, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Rivara FP, Mackenzie EJ, Nathens AB. Survival advantage in trauma centers: expeditious intervention or experience? J Am Coll Surg. 2009;208(1):28-36.
5. Ma MH, MacKenzie EJ, Alcorta R, Kelen GD. Compliance with prehospital triage protocols for major trauma patients. J Trauma. 1999;46(1):168-175.
6. Doumouras AG, Haas B, Gomez D, et al. The impact of distance on triage to trauma center care in an urban trauma system. Prehospital Emerg Care. 2012;16(4):456-462.
7. Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP. A resource-based assessment of trauma care in the United States. J Trauma. 2004;56(1):173-178.
8. Branas CC, MacKenzie EJ, Williams JC, et al. Access to trauma centers in the United States. JAMA. 2005;293(21):2626-2633.
9. Band RA, Pryor JP, Gaieski DF, Dickinson ET, Cummings D, Carr BG. Injury-adjusted mortality of patients transported by police following penetrating trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2011;18(1): 32-37.
10. Zafar SN, Haider AH, Stevens KA, et al. Increased mortality associated with EMS transport of gunshot wound victims when compared to private vehicle transport. Injury. 2014;45(9):1320-1326.
11. Illinois Department of Public Health. Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, Annual Hospital Questionnaire: Hospital Profiles and Annual Bed Reports, 2011. Springfield: Illinois Dept of Public Health; 2013.
12. Barell V, Aharonson-Daniel L, Fingerhut LA, et al. An introduction to the Barell body region by nature of injury diagnosis matrix. Inj Prev. 2002;8 (2):91-96.
13. Osler T, Baker SP, Long W. A modification of the injury severity score that both improves accuracy and simplifies scoring. J Trauma. 1997;43(6):922-925.
14. Glance LG, Osler TM, Mukamel DB, Meredith W, Wagner J, Dick AW. TMPM-ICD9:atrauma mortality prediction model based on ICD-9-CM codes. Ann Surg. 2009;249(6):1032-1039.
15. Elixhauser A, Steiner C, Harris DR, Coffey RM. Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data. Med Care. 1998;36(1):8-27.
16. Cornwell EE III, Belzberg H, Hennigan K, et al. Emergencymedical services(EMS) vsnon-EMS transport of critically injured patients: a prospective evaluation. Arch Surg. 2000;135(3):315-319.
17. Crandall M, Sharp D, Unger E, et al. Trauma deserts: distance from a trauma center, transport times, and mortality from gunshot wounds in Chicago. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(6):1103-1109.
18. Hsia RY, Wang E, Torres H, Saynina O, Wise PH. Disparities in trauma center access despite increasing utilization: data from California, 1999 to 2006.J Trauma. 2010;68(1):217-224.
19. Clark DE, Winchell RJ, Betensky RA. Estimating the effect of emergency care on early survival after traffic crashes. Accid Anal Prev. 2013;60:141-147.
20. Tansley G, Schuurman N, Amram O, Yanchar N. Spatial access to emergency services in low-and middle-income countries: A GIS-based analysis. PLoS One. 2015;10(11):e0141113.
21. Nahm NJ, Patterson BM, Vallier HA. The impact of injury severity and transfer status on reimbursement for care of femur fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012;73(4):957-965.
22. Lack WD, Carlo JO, Marsh JL. Payer status and increased distance traveled for fracture care in a rural state. J Orthop Trauma. 2013;27(2):113-118.