For their study, researchers compared the odds of in-hospital mortality rates in 2007-2008 among hospitals with less than 25 percent minority patients, 25-50 percent minority patients and more than 50 percent minority patients. The data was pulled from the National Trauma Data Bank.
Results showed hospitals with 25-50 percent or more than 50 percent minority trauma patients were at increased risk of mortality, compared to hospitals with less than 25 percent minority trauma patients. Researchers also discovered uninsured patients had a significantly higher risk of mortality across all three hospital groups.
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