Trauma Deadlier for Kids Without Insurance
Finding emphasizes need to fix U.S. health care, expert says. Uninsured children in the United States are three times more likely to die from trauma injuries than children with private insurance, according to a new study.
Children with public insurance, such as Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program, were also slightly more likely to die as those with private insurance, the study found.
"We have this idea that everyone is treated equally, yet the mortality rate after trauma among uninsured children is much higher when compared to children with commercial insurance," Dr....
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