BACKGROUND The rate of mortality and factors predicting worst outcomes in the geriatric
population presenting with trauma are not well established. This study aimed to examine …

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this review were to critically assess and summarize trauma
outcome disparities by race, insurance, and SES and to determine if racial disparities are …

Background Following visible successes on a wide range of predictive tasks, machine
learning techniques are attracting substantial interest from medical researchers and …

Importance The largest US federal action plan to date for reducing racial disparities in health
care was implemented in 2011 and continues today. It is not known whether this program …

Abstract During the Jim Crow era of 1877 to 1954, the federal government sponsored and
supported the racially separate and unequal distribution of resources, including, but not …

Background Injury is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in the United States.
Accordingly, expanding access to trauma care is a Healthy People priority. The extent to …

Background The Frailty Index has been shown to predict discharge disposition in geriatric
patients. The aim of this study was to validate the modified 15-variable Trauma-Specific …

Context Studies involving physicians suggest that unconscious bias may be related to
clinical decision making and may predict poor patient-physician interaction. The presence of …

Importance Significant health inequities persist among minority and socially disadvantaged
patients. Better understanding of how unconscious biases affect clinical decision making …

Objectives: Medicaid and Uninsured populations are a significant focus of current healthcare
reform. We hypothesized that outcomes following major surgical operations in the United …