TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost of Orthopedic Injuries Sustained in Motorcycle Accidents
AU - Bray, Timothy
AU - Szabo, Robert M
AU - Timmerman, Laura
AU - Yen, Lester
AU - Madison, Michael
PY - 1985/11/1
Y1 - 1985/11/1
N2 - Fifty-one serial admissions to the orthopedic services at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, for motorcycle accident trauma with open fractures were reviewed. Fifty-five percent of those tested were alcohol intoxicated at the time of admission. Seventy-five percent carried no insurance of any kind, and for the total group, 72% of the cost of acute hospitalization ($17,704 per patient) was paid by the state of California, with an additional 10% paid by other tax-based sources. Care of motorcycle trauma consumes a substantial portion of public health care funds in California. This could be reduced by legislative action concerning helmet use, licensing, and rigid enforcement of compulsory insurance.
AB - Fifty-one serial admissions to the orthopedic services at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, for motorcycle accident trauma with open fractures were reviewed. Fifty-five percent of those tested were alcohol intoxicated at the time of admission. Seventy-five percent carried no insurance of any kind, and for the total group, 72% of the cost of acute hospitalization ($17,704 per patient) was paid by the state of California, with an additional 10% paid by other tax-based sources. Care of motorcycle trauma consumes a substantial portion of public health care funds in California. This could be reduced by legislative action concerning helmet use, licensing, and rigid enforcement of compulsory insurance.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1985.03360170092037
DO - 10.1001/jama.1985.03360170092037
M3 - Article
C2 - 4046167
AN - SCOPUS:84944372329
VL - 254
SP - 2452
EP - 2453
JO - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
SN - 0002-9955
IS - 17
ER -