BMC Medical Imaging

Table 5 Adjusted Risk Ratios (95 % CI) for type and frequency of diagnostic imaging for patients who died while in hospital

From: Variation in type and frequency of diagnostic imaging during trauma care across multiple time points by patient insurance type

Insurance Type	All imaging	p value
Base Model (128)^a
Commercial	[reference]
Medicare	1.01 (0.57–1.79)	0.971
Medicaid	1.93 (0.92–4.03)	0.081
No Insurance	1.23 (0.73–2.06)	0.436
Government	1.42 (0.42–4.82)	0.570
Injury Severity Score > 15 (n = 97)^b
Commercial	[reference]
Medicare	0.73 (0.30–1.77)	0.489
Medicaid	2.06 (0.85–4.99)	0.109
No Insurance	1.29 (0.71–2.37)	0.405
Government	0.95 (0.19–4.79)	0.949
Blunt force mechanism (n = 93)^c
Commercial	[reference]
Medicare	1.05 (0.59–1.86)	0.874
Medicaid	1.84 (0.82–4.11)	0.137
No Insurance	0.86 (0.46–1.61)	0.637
Government	0.74 (0.13–4.28)	0.734

^a- adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, injury severity score, injury mechanism, comorbidity, complications, and hospital LOS
^b- adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, injury mechanism, comorbidity, complications, and hospital LOS
^c- adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, injury severity score, comorbidity, complications, ICU admission, and hospital LOS

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2342

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com