ArticleAmerican journal of public health2005
Injuries among older Americans with and without Medicare.
Article in American journal of public health, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The influence of social determinants of health on orthopedic trauma outcomes in the United States: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Is futile care in the injured elderly an important target for cost savings?The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2012Article
- The optimum follow-up period for assessing mortality outcomes in injured older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2010Article
- Injury hospitalization as a marker for emergency medical services use in elderly patients.Prehospital emergency careArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated the generalizability of Medicare fee-for-service data for patients hospitalized with injuries.
methodsWe used 1998-2000 Medicare hospitalization data and National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) data to analyze patients aged 65 years and older with principal injury diagnoses.
resultsDemographics and injury patterns were similar in Medicare data and NHDS Medicare data. Injured patients without Medicare or health maintenance organization coverage were younger, less likely to have hip fractures, and more likely to have head or chest injuries. Mortality and discharge to long-term care were not significantly affected by insurance coverage, after we controlled for injury type and severity, age, gender, and comorbidity. Medicare patients had slightly longer hospital lengths of stay.
conclusionsHospital outcomes are generally similar among older patients with a given anatomic injury, regardless of insurance coverage.
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