Uninsured Trauma Patients Get Better Care than Insured

Why? Perhaps because non-trauma community hospitals would prefer to have insured rather than uninsured patients. So, uninsured patients are more likely to be transferred to trauma centers, where they are likely to get better care. According to Kit Delgado, and colleagues, presenting research results in JAMA Surgery, both privately insured and Medicaid patients were significantly […]



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