Aggressive Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency in Hispanic and African American Critically Injured Trauma Patients Reduces Health Care Disparities (Length of stay, Costs, and Mortality) in a Level I Trauma Center Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Journal Title: Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Socioeconomics only account for 18% of all healthcare disparities. Healthcare disparities in the intensive care unit (ICU) have been well documented and persist in spite of previous government and medical interventions. Vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the United States and the world. This deficiency has been largely overlooked in the debate on healthcare disparities.
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L Ray Matthews, Yusuf Ahmed, Omar Danner, Michael Williams, Carl Lokko, Jonathan Nguyen, Keren Bashan-Gilzenrat, Diane Dennis-Griggs, Nekelisha Prayor, Peter Rhee, Ed W Childs, Kenneth Wilson, William B Grant
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