Abstract:Background:A reliable predictor of costs after trauma is hospital length of stay (LOS). This study sought to determine if differences exist in LOS after closed and isolated femoral and tibial shaft fractures between two level 1 trauma centers and to determine patient and hospital factors affecting LOS.
Methods:Trauma registries at two centers from 2006 to 2011 were reviewed to identify eligible patients. The centers were an academic inner city hospital (HA) and a large community hospital (HB) in a major metrop… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.