Patients Lost to Follow-up After Injury: Who are They and What are Their Long-Term Outcomes?

Trauma patients are at high risk for loss to follow-up (LTFU) after hospital discharge. We sought to identify risk factors for LTFU and investigate associations between LTFU and long-term health outcomes in the trauma population. Trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score ≥9 admitted to one of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of surgical research 2024-04, Vol.296, p.343-351
Hauptverfasser: Ruske, Jack, Castillo-Angeles, Manuel, Lamarre, Taylor, Salim, Ali, Jenkins, Kendall, Rembetski, Benjamin E., Kaafarani, Haytham M.A., Herrera-Escobar, Juan P., Sanchez, Sabrina E.
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Zusammenfassung:Trauma patients are at high risk for loss to follow-up (LTFU) after hospital discharge. We sought to identify risk factors for LTFU and investigate associations between LTFU and long-term health outcomes in the trauma population. Trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score ≥9 admitted to one of three Level-I trauma centers, 2015-2020, were surveyed via telephone 6 mo after injury. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess factors associated with LTFU and several long-term outcomes. Of 3609 patients analyzed, 808 (22.4%) were LTFU. Patients LTFU were more likely to be male (71% versus 61%, P = 0.001), Black (22% versus 14%, P = 0.003), have high school or lower education (50% versus 42%, P = 0.003), be publicly insured (23% versus 13%, P 
ISSN:0022-4804
1095-8673
DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2023.12.037