Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1952-1957, October 2009

Lack of insurance negatively affects trauma mortality in US children

  • Heather Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston, MA, USA
    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 857 218 4673; fax: +1 617 730 0842.
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  • Fady Saleh

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston, MA, USA
    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • McMaster University, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stuart R. Lipsitz

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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  • John G. Meara

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Selwyn O. Rogers Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Trauma, and Critical Care, Boston, MA, USA

Received 7 November 2008; received in revised form 15 December 2008; accepted 17 December 2008.

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PII: S0022-3468(08)01147-0

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.026

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1952-1957, October 2009