Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: The case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs

Background Pedestrian trauma is the most lethal blunt trauma mechanism, and the rate of mortality in African Americans and Hispanics is twice that compared with whites. Whether insurance status and differential survival contribute to this disparity is unknown. Methods This study is a review of vehic...

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Published in:Surgery 2010-08, Vol.148 (2), p.202-208
Main Authors: Maybury, Rubie Sue, MD, MPH, Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi B., MD, MPH, Villegas, Cassandra, Haut, Elliott R., MD, Stevens, Kent, MD, MPH, Cornwell, Edward E., MD, Efron, David T., MD, Haider, Adil H., MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - economics
Accidents, Traffic - mortality
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Biological and medical sciences
Databases, Factual
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
General aspects
Healthcare Disparities
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Odds Ratio
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
United States - epidemiology
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - mortality
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
Young Adult
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Summary:Background Pedestrian trauma is the most lethal blunt trauma mechanism, and the rate of mortality in African Americans and Hispanics is twice that compared with whites. Whether insurance status and differential survival contribute to this disparity is unknown. Methods This study is a review of vehicle-struck pedestrians in the National Trauma Data Bank, v7.0. Patients
ISSN:0039-6060
1532-7361
DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2010.05.010