Researchers analyzed patient data from the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcome Study collected between 2001 and 2010.
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The study was originally conducted to test idea that improved surgical outcomes are tied to case volumes of high-risk groups, such as geriatric patients. That geriatric trauma patients actually show better outcomes than nongeriatric patients may be a result of “differentiated pathways of care” for the older group, according to the study authors.
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