Trauma Activation Fees-A Fair Approach to Reimburse Trauma Readiness Costs or a Pathway to Profitability?

Lisa M Knowlton¹, Elliott R Haut^{2

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¹ Section of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Lisa M Knowlton et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2023.

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. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2252526.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52526.

Lisa M Knowlton¹, Elliott R Haut^{2

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¹ Section of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Assessment of Trauma Team Activation Fees by US Region and Hospital Ownership.
Zitek T, Pagano K, Mechanic OJ, Farcy DA. Zitek T, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2252520. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52520. JAMA Netw Open. 2023. PMID: 36692878 Free PMC article.