Hospital Transfers for Digit Replants as Cost Saving and Safe While Access to Replantation Procedures Remains Limited
Hauc S, Ihnat J, Hu K, Parikh N, Rivera J, Alperovich M. Hospital Transfers for Digit Replants as Cost Saving and Safe While Access to Replantation Procedures Remains Limited. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2024, 93: 597-600. PMID: 39293070, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000004099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital transferTraumatic finger amputationsNational Inpatient SampleIncome quartileReplantation outcomesImprove health equityPatient factorsFinger amputationsHealth equityAmputation patientsChronic conditionsHospital characteristicsInjury characteristicsAttempted replantationHispanic patientsFinger replantationReplantation success rateInpatient SampleLogistic regressionWhite patientsTop income quartileAmputationOlder ageHospitalPatient gender