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Race and Insurance Status as Risk Factors for Trauma Mortality
Archives of Surgery · 2008 · Vol. 143(10) · pp. 945–945
Adil H. Haider✉(Johns Hopkins Hospital)
Abstract
Race and insurance status each independently predicts outcome disparities after trauma. African American, Hispanic, and uninsured patients have worse outcomes, but insurance status appears to have the stronger association with mortality after trauma.
Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesPelvic and Acetabular InjuriesMedicineConfidence intervalOdds ratioInjury Severity ScoreLogistic regressionDemographyDemographicsInternal medicineMortality rateAfrican american
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AdolescentAdultAge FactorsBlack or African AmericanCause of DeathCritical CareFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMiddle AgedProbabilityQuality of Health CareRegistries
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