Category: Trauma
Keywords: Incarcerated, trauma, mortality, disparity (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/11/2025 by Robert Flint, MD
(Updated: 5/25/2025)
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Looking at a year’s worth of data from the National Trauma Databank, the authors found incarcerated trauma patients were more likely to be stabbed, male, persons of color and have a higher adjusted mortality rate.
Newman-Plotnick, Harry MD, MPH; Byrne, James P. MD, PhD; Haut, Elliott Richard MD, PhD, FACS; Hultman, Charles Scott MD, MBA, FACS
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 98(5):p 785-793, May 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004512