@article{ref1,
title="Safety restraint use linked to hospital use and charges in Arkansas",
journal="Journal of the arkansas medical society",
year="2008",
author="Aitken, Mary E. and Bowman, Stephen M. and Card-Higginson, Paula and Carson, John E. and Lin, Tsai Mei and Thompson, Jerome W. and Zhao, Y.",
volume="104",
number="7",
pages="161-164",
abstract="Crash data from 2001-2005 was linked to hospital discharge data to determine the impact of safety restraint use on crashed-related hospital charges and use for 4013 hospitalizations. Safety restraint use, year of hospitalization and age group affected the hospital charges and length of stay after a crash. Mean hospital charges were 44% greater for unrestrained patients ($44,736 versus $30,990); mean length of stay was 23% longer for the unrestrained (9.2 days versus 7.5 days). Lack of safety restraint use was associated with greater use of hospital resources. Prevention efforts should focus on increasing compliance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-1858",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}