Uninsured Trauma Victims More Likely to Die (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 14:00

Even after adjusting for injury severity and comorbidities, trauma patients who did not have insurance had higher mortality rates than those who did, researchers said.


 

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