Association of System-Level Factors With Secondary Overtriage in Trauma Patients | Zendy

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Association of System-Level Factors With Secondary Overtriage in Trauma Patients

Author(s) -

Priti P. Parikh,

Pratik Parikh,

L J Mamer,

Mary C. McCarthy,

Joseph V. Sakran

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3209

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , injury severity score , trauma center , logistic regression , major trauma , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency

Studies show that secondary overtriage (SO) contributes significantly to the economic burden of injured patients; thus, the association of SO with use of the trauma system has been examined. However, the association of the underlying trauma system design with such overtriage has yet to be evaluated.

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