TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Safety restraint use linked to hospital use and charges in Arkansas
JO  - Journal of the arkansas medical society
A1  - Aitken, Mary E.
A1  - Bowman, Stephen M.
A1  - Card-Higginson, Paula
A1  - Carson, John E.
A1  - Lin, Tsai Mei
A1  - Thompson, Jerome W.
A1  - Zhao, Y.
SP  - 161
EP  - 164
VL  - 104
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-1858
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -