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Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Oct;75(4):704–716. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829a0a65

Table 3.

Regression models demonstrating treatment estimates of effect (decreased mortality) of pediatric trauma center care vs. adult trauma center care.

All models have been adjusted for demographic and clinical variables as delineated in the text including: age, sex, race/ethnicity, median household income, payer status, injury severity (TMPM) and mechanism, and year.

Population (n=52,214; unadjusted mortality: 6.5%)	Estimate^*	(p)	CI
Pediatric Trauma Center vs. Adult Trauma Center Care	0.64	0.16	−0.26 to 1.54
Trauma center mortality effect	0.64	0.16	−0.26 to 1.54

Regression diagnostics: The partial F of 219.7 is well above the recommended value of 30 for a superior instrument.⁴⁰

Estimates are in percentage points