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Prada, Sergio I.; Salkever, David; MacKenzie, Ellen J. – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: Injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1-44 years in the United States. Injuries have a substantial economic cost. For that reason, regional systems of trauma care in which the more acutely injured patients are transported to Level-I (L-I) trauma centers (TCs) has been widely advocated. However, the cost of TC care is…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Injuries, Patients, Probability