Trauma Activation Fee Variations Across Hospital Ownership, Safety-net, American College of Surgeons Committee-on-Trauma Verification, and State Designation Status
Nationwide analysis of over 1000 designated US trauma centers found wide heterogeneity in TAFs and an association between for-profit ownership status and higher TAF among level I and II trauma centers. Whether observed nationwide TAF heterogeneity characteristics warrant evaluating the role of TAF regulation deserves discussion.
Authors
- Ava Jafarpour
- Charles Withington
- Jeff Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1639-8781)
- Syed Morad Hameed
- Dong Gi Hur
- Oh Jin Kwon
- Nam Yong Cho
- Peyman Benharash
- Konmal Ali
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgery Open
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/as9.0000000000000649
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00