1. Patterns in US medical expenditures and utilization for injury, 1987.
2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carried out a similar analysis for Medicare claims for the year July 1991–June 1992, for fractures only. See CDC, “Incidence and Costs to Medicare of Fractures among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged Greater than or Equal to 65 Years—United States, July 1991–June 1992,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 45 , no. 41 ( 1996 ): 877 –883.
3. ; and D. Baugh et al. “Hospitalizations for Injury among Medicaid Children: California 1992,” Health Care Financing Review 19 , no. 4 ( 1998 ): 129 –147.
4. The high cost of injuries in the United States.
5. The high cost of injuries in the United States.