title: Characteristics, hospital charges, and effects of road transportation injuries in Vermont.
abstract: We studied 470 crash- and noncrash-related road transportation injuries to vehicle occupants, bicyclists, and pedestrians seen at a trauma center in Vermont. Among primary care patients, crash and noncrash groups had similar AIS and average disability at one year. Hospitalized patients had longer disability, but a majority of overall disability days and ongoing disability was found among nonhospitalized patients. Seventy-four percent of hospital bills were paid by insurance, 16% by government, 3% by self, with 7% unpaid. Limiting the sample only to hospitalized patients, or including referred patients, markedly affected--but in different ways--distributions of event type, body area injured, charges, and other characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skelly
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Herreid
mesh_terms: D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014707:Vermont / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology