TY - JOUR
T1 - Inner-city trauma centers
T2 - Financial burdens or community saviors?
AU - Thal, E. R.
AU - Rochon, R. B.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Trauma systems have reduced morbidity and mortality rates, but uncompensated care, overcrowding, and liability exposure are significant issues facing inner-city hospitals that treat large numbers of trauma patients. Unresolved, these problems have led to the closure of many trauma centers, thereby jeopardizing community health care.
AB - Trauma systems have reduced morbidity and mortality rates, but uncompensated care, overcrowding, and liability exposure are significant issues facing inner-city hospitals that treat large numbers of trauma patients. Unresolved, these problems have led to the closure of many trauma centers, thereby jeopardizing community health care.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)45375-2
DO - 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)45375-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 2003245
AN - SCOPUS:0026100027
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 71
SP - 209
EP - 219
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -