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 assessment
2015
Morbidity or mortality? Variations in trauma centres in the rescue of older injured patients
Zafar SN, Shah AA, Zogg CK, Hashmi ZG, Greene WR, Haut ER, Cornwell EE, Haider AH. Morbidity or mortality? Variations in trauma centres in the rescue of older injured patients. Injury 2015, 47: 1091-1097. PMID: 26724172, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.11.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityDatabases, FactualFailure to Rescue, Health CareFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHospital MortalityHumansInjury Severity ScoreLength of StayMaleMedicaidPneumoniaPostoperative ComplicationsRespiratory Distress SyndromeRisk AssessmentTrauma CentersUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesConceptsOlder trauma patientsMajor complicationsTrauma centerOld traumaRisk-adjusted ratesOlder patientsTrauma patientsNational Trauma Data BankFacility-level covariatesRisk-adjusted incidenceTrauma Data BankProcess of careType of injuryLogistic regression analysisPatient demographicsGeriatric traumaComorbid conditionsGeriatric patientsHigher proportionSerious complicationsInclusion criteriaInjury severityPatientsRescue ratesVital signs