Study Links Insurance Coverage to Hospital Survival Rate
A new study has concluded that uninsured patients who visit emergency rooms with traumatic injuries were more likely to die than their insured counterparts. According to the study, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, uninsured patients were 80 percent more likely to die from injuries sustained in car crashes, falls or in gun-related incidents than patients covered by health insurance. The study appears in the November issue of the journal Archives of Surgery.


