Average medical cost of fatal and non-fatal injuries by type in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the average medical care cost of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the USA comprehensively by injury type.

Methods

The attributable cost of injuries was estimated by mechanism (eg, fall), intent (eg, unintentional), body region (eg, head and neck) and nature of injury (eg, fracture) among patients injured from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015. The cost of fatal injuries was the multivariable regression-adjusted average among patients who died in hospital emergency departments (EDs) or inpatient settings as reported in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample and National Inpatient Sample, controlling for demographic (eg, age), clinical (eg, comorbidities) and health insurance (eg, Medicaid) factors. The 1-year

SUBMITTER: Peterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature