TY  - JOUR
T1  - Disparities in emergency trauma care: Really so “downwardly”?
AU  - White F, Zwemer F
Y1  - 2010/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.99
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 603
EP  - 604
VL  - 145
IS  - 6
N2  - 
We have several concerns regarding the authors' study methodology and underlying assumptions. First, the database that they used (National Trauma Data Bank) is limited to information regarding patients admitted to a hospital. While admission is often an inevitable disposition, patients often choose not to be admitted for a variety of reasons, including economic ones. It is probable that selection bias artificially increased the observed mortality rates of this inherently more seriously injured population.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.99
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.99
ER  -