Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma

African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news143740898.html">Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma</a></p> <p>African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report in the October issue of <I>Archives of Surgery</I>, one of the <I>JAMA/Archives</I> journals.</p>