Secondary Overtriage in Patients with Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Observational Study and Socioeconomic Analysis of 1447 Hospitalizations

Abstract

Our findings provide evidence to the growing body of literature suggesting that not all patients with cmTBI need to be transferred to a tertiary care center. In our study, these transfers ultimately incurred a total cost of $13 294 ($1337 transfer cost) per patient.