TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - In-hospital mortality among patients injured in motor vehicle crashes in a Saudi Arabian hospital relative to large U.S. trauma centers JO - Injury epidemiology A1 - Alghnam, Suliman A1 - Palta, Mari A1 - Hamedani, Azita G. A1 - Remington, Patrick L. A1 - Alkelya, Mohamed A1 - Albedah, Khalid A1 - Durkin, Maureen S. SP - 21 EP - 21 VL - 1 IS - 1 N2 - Traffic-related fatalities are a leading cause of premature death worldwide. According to the 2012 report the Global Burden of Disease 2010, traffic injuries ranked 8th as a cause of death in 2010, compared to 10th in 1990. Saudi Arabia is estimated to have an overall traffic fatality rate more than double that of the U.S., but it is unknown whether mortality differences also exist for injured patients seeking medical care. We aim to compare in-hospital mortality between Saudi Arabia and the United States, adjusting for severity and demographic variables.

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