Trauma Especially Deadly for Uninsured
As the U.S. continues to watch Congress thrash out a plan to try to cover those without health insurance, a new study shows that people admitted to the hospital for trauma are almost twice as likely to die from their injuries if they are uninsured.
A co-author of the study said she and her colleagues weren’t surprised at the disparity they found, but they were surprised by how large it turned out to be.
Given that younger patients might be healthier and thus more likely to survive injuries, Rosen and her team looked separately at 18 to 30 year olds, and found the excess risk was even greater; these patients were 89 percent more likely to die if they had no insurance. (Rosen said specific numbers of deaths in each grouping were not available.)
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