Estimating the National Burden of Potentially Avoidable Interfacility Transfer Among Patients with Isolated Facial Injury in the US
A substantial proportion of interfacility transfers for isolated facial trauma may be avoidable when benchmarked against discharge practices at Level I trauma centers. These findings highlight a critical opportunity to optimize secondary triage decision-making possibly in conjunction with telehealth consultations prior to patient transfer.
Authors
- Pramod Acharya
- Jan O. Jansen
- Zain G Hashmi
- Sabrina D. Goddard
- Molly P. Jarman
- Russell Griffin
- Jeffrey Kerby
- Kristan Staudenmayer
- Madison Finch
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001700
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00