A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of In-Hospital Mortality between Dedicated Regional Trauma Centers and Emergency Medical Centers in the Republic of Korea

<div>Graphs presenting balance statistics of the propensity matching. (a) Mirrored histogram showing the propensity score distribution in the original population and matched samples of trauma patients treated in regional trauma centers and emergency medical centers. (b) The Love plot shows changes in the standardized mean difference before (red) and after (blue) matching. EMC: emergency medical center; RTC: regional trauma center; RR: respiratory rate; BT: body temperature; SBP: systolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; SRR: survival risk ratio of the primary diagnosis; AVPU: consciousness according to alert, verbal, painful, and unresponsive scale; KTAS: Korean Triage and Acuity Scale; ULIMB: upper limb; LLIMB: lower limb.</div>

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Figure 2: A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of In-Hospital Mortality between Dedicated Regional Trauma Centers and Emergency Medical Centers in the Republic of Korea 

Figure 2 | A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of In-Hospital Mortality between Dedicated Regional Trauma Centers and Emergency Medical Centers in the Republic of Korea 