2019
Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients
Zogg CK, Scott JW, Metcalfe D, Gluck AR, Curfman GD, Davis KA, Dimick JB, Haider AH. Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients. JAMA Surgery 2019, 154: 402-411. PMID: 30601888, PMCID: PMC6537775, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult trauma patientsTrauma patientsMedicaid expansionNonexpansion statesInsurance coverageAffordable Care ActExpansion statesPatient ProtectionInpatient rehabilitation facilityCare ActSkilled nursing facilitiesMedicaid expansion statesSex-based disparitiesHome health agenciesRace/ethnicityPostdischarge careTrauma populationFunctional outcomeRehabilitation gainsLeading causeRehabilitative careTrauma outcomesMAIN OUTCOMENursing facilitiesRehabilitation facilityImpact of Affordable Care Act–related insurance expansion policies on mortality and access to post-discharge care for trauma patients
Scott JW, Neiman PU, Uribe-Leitz T, Scott KW, Zogg CK, Salim A, Haider AH. Impact of Affordable Care Act–related insurance expansion policies on mortality and access to post-discharge care for trauma patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 86: 196-205. PMID: 30694984, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-discharge careTrauma patientsInpatient mortalityPost-acute careAffordable Care ActCoverage expansion policiesUninsured ratePost-acute care facilitiesState-level Medicaid expansionMedicaid expansionNational Trauma Data BankPolicy-associated changesAdult trauma patientsTrauma Data BankPost-acute servicesUninsured trauma patientsCare ActHome health servicesInsurance coverage expansionCoverage expansionPost-policy periodPatients 18Discharge dispositionPatient demographicsInjury characteristics
2018
Insurance Status Biases Trauma-system Utilization and Appropriate Interfacility Transfer
Zogg CK, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Davis KA. Insurance Status Biases Trauma-system Utilization and Appropriate Interfacility Transfer. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 681-689. PMID: 30004929, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNTC patientsMajor injuriesOlder adult trauma patientsNationwide Emergency Department SampleOptimal trauma careAdult trauma patientsEmergency department admissionsEmergency Department SampleTrauma center careTransfer of patientsComplex traumatic injuriesMultilevel logistic regressionTrauma patientsDepartment admissionsHigh morbidityTC careDirect admissionInsurance statusInterfacility transferUninsured patientsTrauma careTraumatic injuryOutcome measuresTrauma systemCenter care
2016
Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and Rehabilitation Use Among Young Adult Trauma Patients.
Zogg CK, Payró Chew F, Scott JW, Wolf LL, Tsai TC, Najjar P, Olufajo OA, Schneider EB, Haut ER, Haider AH, Canner JK. Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and Rehabilitation Use Among Young Adult Trauma Patients. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: e163609. PMID: 27760245, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.3609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung adult trauma patientsDependent coverage provisionAdult trauma patientsAffordable Care ActTrauma patientsRehabilitation useInsurance coverageClinical end pointsPatient ProtectionCare ActCause of deathComplete patient recordsHigh-quality careEmergency departmentMean ageOutpatient settingUninsured patientsPatient outcomesRisk groupsPatientsRehabilitation accessACA implementationRescue ratesPatient recordsLongitudinal assessmentSurvival outcomes after prolonged intensive care unit length of stay among trauma patients: The evidence for never giving up
Kisat MT, Latif A, Zogg CK, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Hashmi ZG, Oyetunji TA, Cornwell EE, Zafar H, Haider AH. Survival outcomes after prolonged intensive care unit length of stay among trauma patients: The evidence for never giving up. Surgery 2016, 160: 771-780. PMID: 27267552, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unit lengthICU LOSInjury Severity ScoreGlasgow Coma ScaleTrauma patientsRace/ethnicityComa ScaleSeverity scoreNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityHigh mortalityNational Trauma Data BankBlack race/ethnicityCritical care supportProlonged ICU LOSAdult ICU patientsAdult trauma patientsEmergency department dispositionMultivariable logistic regressionTrauma Data BankClustering of patientsHospital complicationsICU stayVentilator dependencyOverall survivalRenal failure