Cost-effectiveness of field trauma triage among injured children transported by emergency medical services

A pediatric field triage strategy that meets the national policy benchmark of ≥95% sensitivity would likely improve health outcomes but increase heath care costs. Our objective was to compare the cost-effectiveness of current pediatric field triage practices to an alternative field triage strategy that meets the national policy benchmark of ≥95% sensitivity. We developed a decision-analysis Markov model to compare the outcomes and costs of the...