Financial Impacts of Unnecessary Transfers of Patients With Hand Injuries at a Level 1 Trauma Center
The financial impact of unnecessary transfers to our tertiary referral center for hand surgery consultation is not significant. The added benefits of lowering costs to patients and improving the use of emergency care resources by mitigating these transfers likely outweighs any financial impacts that may be experienced by receiving institutions.
Authors
- Eric Taleghani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5034-945X)
- James Rex (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-1194)
- Kağan Özer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-3696)
- Jonas Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9019-9350)
- Henry Keuchley
Institutions
- University of Cincinnati (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hand
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447251378680
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00