17 Million US Children Live More Than An Hour Away From Trauma Care
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 00:29
in Health & Medicine
More than 17 million US children live more than an hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. The creation of a national inventory of pediatric trauma centers may help to identify the locations of gaps and greatly improve access to care for US children, the authors said.