@article{ref1,
title="Spine trauma and spinal cord injury in Utah: a geographic cohort study utilizing the National Inpatient Sample",
journal="Journal of neurosurgery: Spine",
year="2019",
author="Sherrod, Brandon and Karsy, Michael and Guan, Jian and Brock, Andrea A. and Eli, Ilyas M. and Bisson, Erica F. and Dailey, Andrew T.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-10",
abstract="In this large retrospective study, the authors used data from the National Inpatient Sample to evaluate the effect of transfer of patients with vertebral fractures and/or spinal cord injury within the Utah region, an area with a known hospital and transfer network. Transferred patients showed only slightly lower mortality but had a greater likelihood of poor outcomes, longer length of stay, and higher cost compared with directly admitted patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1547-5654",
doi="10.3171/2018.12.SPINE18964",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2018.12.SPINE18964"
}