Uninsured trauma victims more likely to die of their injuries

by Erin Graham on November 17, 2009

sickboyResearch from Children’s Hospital Boston’s Heather Rosen, MD, MPH, finds that people who are admitted to the hospital for trauma are more likely to die from their injuries if they don’t have health insurance than if they do. In this WBUR report, Rosen offers some possible explanations for the alarming disparity.

Her research was also reported on by the Associated Press.

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