Published in J Surg Res on July 22, 2012
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Dependent coverage provision led to uneven insurance gains and unchanged mortality rates in young adult trauma patients. Health Aff (Millwood) (2015) 0.84
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Uninsured status may be more predictive of outcomes among the severely injured than minority race. Injury (2015) 0.75
Variation in type and frequency of diagnostic imaging during trauma care across multiple time points by patient insurance type. BMC Med Imaging (2016) 0.75
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An analysis of outcomes of reconstruction or amputation after leg-threatening injuries. N Engl J Med (2002) 3.36
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Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
Predictors of colorectal cancer screening participation in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 2.43
Assessing the burden of disease in the United States using disability-adjusted life years. Am J Prev Med (2005) 2.40
Acutely injured patients with trauma in Massachusetts: differences in care and mortality, by insurance status. Am J Public Health (1994) 2.38
Lack of insurance negatively affects trauma mortality in US children. J Pediatr Surg (2009) 1.79
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Arch Surg (2011) 1.77
Measuring the public health impact of injuries. Epidemiol Rev (2003) 1.59
An official American Thoracic Society systematic review: insurance status and disparities in lung cancer practices and outcomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.45
Impact of socioethnic factors on outcomes following traumatic brain injury. J Trauma (2011) 1.40
Pre-existing disease in trauma patients: a predictor of fate independent of age and injury severity score. J Trauma (1992) 1.39
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Preexisting conditions and mortality in older trauma patients. J Trauma (2004) 1.33
Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma. J Surg Res (2008) 1.28
Effect of race and insurance on outcome of pediatric trauma. Acad Emerg Med (2010) 1.24
Does insurance status matter at a public, level I trauma center? J Trauma (2010) 1.16
Insurance status, not race, is a determinant of outcomes from vehicular injury. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.15
Improving the Glasgow Coma Scale score: motor score alone is a better predictor. J Trauma (2003) 1.15
Characteristics of office-based physicians and their medical practices: United States, 2005-2006. Vital Health Stat 13 (2008) 1.13
Insurance status and racial differences in uterine cancer survival: a study of patients in the National Cancer Database. Gynecol Oncol (2011) 1.10
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank. Surgery (2009) 1.09
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: the case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs. Surgery (2010) 0.99
Primary payer status affects outcomes for cardiac valve operations. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 0.99
Does health care insurance affect outcomes after traumatic brain injury? Analysis of the National Trauma Databank. Am Surg (2010) 0.96
Discharge disposition from acute care after traumatic brain injury: the effect of insurance type. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2001) 0.90
Insurance type is a determinant of 2-year mortality after non-neurologic trauma. J Surg Res (2009) 0.88
Post-traumatic hypotension: should systolic blood pressure of 90-109 mmHg be included? Shock (2007) 0.87
Beyond the Affordable Care Act: achieving real improvements in Americans' health. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 0.85
An analysis of social support and insurance on discharge disposition and functional outcomes in patients with acute burns. J Burn Care Res (2010) 0.83
Health information technology and the collection of race, ethnicity, and language data to reduce disparities in quality of care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2011) 0.78
Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis. Ann Surg (2011) 5.54
Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma. JAMA (2012) 5.02
Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality. Arch Surg (2008) 2.79
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers. Arch Surg (2008) 2.33
Falling temperature and colder weather are associated with an increased risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. World Neurosurg (2012) 2.20
Black children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry. J Trauma (2007) 2.15
An assessment of the impact of pregnancy on trauma mortality. Surgery (2011) 2.06
Serum ceramides increase the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Women's Health and Aging Study II. Neurology (2012) 1.91
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. Arch Surg (2012) 1.87
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Arch Surg (2011) 1.77
Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the study of trauma outcomes: is it time to set research best practices to further enhance its impact? J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.61
Functional recovery after moderate/severe traumatic brain injury: a role for cognitive reserve? Neurology (2014) 1.60
Motorcycle helmets associated with lower risk of cervical spine injury: debunking the myth. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.55
Comparative effectiveness of inhospital trauma resuscitation at a French trauma center and matched patients treated in the United States. Ann Surg (2013) 1.53
Older patients with diverticulitis have low recurrence rates and rarely need surgery. Surgery (2011) 1.48
Predictors of marginal ulcers after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. J Surg Res (2012) 1.46
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
The impact of molecular testing on the surgical management of patients with thyroid nodules. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 1.43
Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend. J Surg Res (2011) 1.40
BRAF V600E mutation and its association with clinicopathological features of papillary thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2012) 1.39
Monash medical student's foray into surgical research. ANZ J Surg (2011) 1.39
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find. J Trauma (2008) 1.30
Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma. J Surg Res (2008) 1.28
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes. J Surg Res (2009) 1.21
Video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.17
The burden of acute traumatic spinal cord injury among adults in the united states: an update. J Neurotrauma (2014) 1.16
Hospital-based trauma quality improvement initiatives: first step toward improving trauma outcomes in the developing world. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.15
Negative appendectomy: a 10-year review of a nationally representative sample. Am J Surg (2011) 1.14
Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: a survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices. J Trauma (2011) 1.13
Limitations of administrative databases. JAMA (2012) 1.12
Evidence of hormonal basis for improved survival among females with trauma-associated shock: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. J Trauma (2010) 1.12
Surgical management of esophageal diverticulum: a review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. J Surg Res (2013) 1.11
Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. Am J Surg (2010) 1.10
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank. Surgery (2009) 1.09
Impact of nutritional support on clinical outcome in patients at nutritional risk: a multicenter, prospective cohort study in Baltimore and Beijing teaching hospitals. Nutrition (2009) 1.07
Predictors of positive head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma. J Surg Res (2011) 1.07
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Ann Surg (2008) 1.05
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis: a review of the NSQIP database. J Surg Res (2010) 1.05
Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.03
Disparities in trauma care and outcomes in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.03
Imipenem levels are not predictable in the critically ill patient. J Trauma (2004) 1.03
Is laparoscopy a risk factor for bile duct injury during cholecystectomy? JSLS (2013) 1.03
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: the case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs. Surgery (2010) 0.99
The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: when do they die? J Trauma (2011) 0.99
Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study. J Trauma (2002) 0.98
Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators. J Trauma (2008) 0.98
Predictors of outcome in acute encephalitis. Neurology (2013) 0.97
Trends in robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in pediatric patients. Urology (2013) 0.96
Mechanism of injury predicts case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients: the case for its use in trauma outcomes studies. J Pediatr Surg (2011) 0.96
Muscular effects of statins in the elderly female: a review. Clin Interv Aging (2013) 0.96
Racial disparities in surgical care and outcomes in the United States: a comprehensive review of patient, provider, and systemic factors. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.96
Disparities in access to surgical care within a lower income country: an alarming inequity. World J Surg (2013) 0.95