Calculating trauma undertriage rates: Are we using the wrong formula—and the wrong definition?

Timothy Scott, Alessandro Orlando, Yan Shen, Harun Mazumder, Samir M. Fakhry

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DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000005231
Published: 2026-11-06
Container: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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@article{allodium:10.1097/ta.0000000000005231,
  title = {Calculating trauma undertriage rates: Are we using the wrong formula—and the wrong definition?},
  author = {Timothy Scott and Alessandro Orlando and Yan Shen and Harun Mazumder and Samir M. Fakhry},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery},
  doi = {10.1097/ta.0000000000005231},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0000000000005231}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Calculating trauma undertriage rates: Are we using the wrong formula—and the wrong definition?
AU  - Timothy Scott
AU  - Alessandro Orlando
AU  - Yan Shen
AU  - Harun Mazumder
AU  - Samir M. Fakhry
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
DO  - 10.1097/ta.0000000000005231
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Scott, T., Orlando, A., Shen, Y., Mazumder, H., & Fakhry, S. M. (2026). Calculating trauma undertriage rates: Are we using the wrong formula—and the wrong definition?. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0000000000005231

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