Inpatient Trauma Care Costs in the US From 2012 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Trauma care, with its inherent complexity and unpredictability, substantially contributes to health care costs in the US. Understanding temporal trends and associated factors may inform targeted cost-mitigation strategies.

Objective

To examine trends in trauma-related inpatient costs from 2012 to 2021 and identify patient and hospital factors associated with contemporary costs.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from the 2012-2021 National Inpatient Sample, which captures 97% of US hospitalizations. Hospitalization for traumatic injuries were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision and International Statistical Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision codes for external causes of in

SUBMITTER: Coaston TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457974 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature