Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers.

David C. Chang; Robert R. Bass; Edward E. Cornwell; Ellen J. Mackenzie

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Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers.

October 8, 2008

Chang DC, Bass RR, Cornwell EE, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143(8):776-782.

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Elderly patients were systematically less likely to be transferred to a designated trauma center, despite appropriate clinical indications.

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