Re-triage moderates association between state trauma funding and lower mortality of trauma patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severely injured patients who are re-triaged (emergently transferred from an emergency department to a high-level trauma center) experience lower in-hospital mortality. Patients in states with trauma funding also experience lower in-hospital mortality. This study examines the interaction of re-triage, state trauma funding, and in-hospital mortality.

Study design

Severely injured patients (Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15) were identified from 2016 to 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department Databases and State Inpatient Databases in five states (FL, MA, MD, NY, WI). Data were merged with the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and state trauma funding data. Patients were linked across hospital encounters to determine if they w

SUBMITTER: Shi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529653 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature