Accidents & Violence, Duke, Ophthalmology / 17.11.2015
Preventable Falls and Fights Cause Most Eye Injuries
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Christina R. Prescott, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Prescott: I wanted to look at the most common causes of severe ocular injuries, with the hope of helping to focus injury prevention strategies.
From 2002 to 2011, the mean hospital charge for inpatient hospitalizations due to eye injuries increased from $12,430 to $20,116, when controlling for inflation. This increase paralleled the increase of mean hospital charges for all inpatient stays during the same time period, even when controlling for length of stay, which actually decreased slightly. Costs were highest at large hospitals and for older patients. Race, insurance, and gender were less strongly correlated to cost.
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