TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - High cost of trauma care in the elderly
JO  - Southern medical journal
A1  - Ross, N.
A1  - Timberlake, G. A.
A1  - Rubino, L. J.
A1  - Kerstein, M. D.
SP  - 857
EP  - 859
VL  - 82
IS  - 7
N2  - Trauma in the elderly is a significant public health problem in terms of morbidity, mortality, and expenditure of health care resources. We compared injury severity score, length of stay, hospital charges, and mortality rate in a group of 60 elderly patients and a group of 60 younger patients admitted to our hospital. The older group had an average hospital stay that was more than four days longer, at an average hospital charge of $15,769.55, and their mortality rate was 15% versus 0% among the younger group. Despite early and aggressive care, the elderly continue to pose an important problem for trauma centers in terms of both length of stay and cost.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-4348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -