October 20, 2008

Race and Insurance Status as Risk Factors for Trauma Mortality

AHAdil H. HaiderRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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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.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dab52837b5141e3ba3c48b https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.143.10.945

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