This Week in JAMA
Abstract
Long-term Survival of Adult Trauma Patients Among patients hospitalized with a traumatic injury, in-hospital case fatality rates for the initial hospitalization may not be an adequate measure of trauma care success because postdischarge mortality is substantial. Davidson and colleagues analyzed 1995-2008 Washington State Trauma Registry and linked death certificate data to assess the long-term mortality of 124 421 patients who were treated in a Washington State designated trauma hospital....