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Prada, Sergio I.; Salkever, David; MacKenzie, Ellen J. – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: Injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1-44 years in the United States. Injuries have a substantial economic cost. For that reason, regional systems of trauma care in which the more acutely injured patients are transported to Level-I (L-I) trauma centers (TCs) has been widely advocated. However, the cost of TC care is…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Injuries, Patients, Probability
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Ruback, R. Barry; Shaffer, Jennifer N.; Logue, Melissa A. – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This study examined court records, probation records, and collection office records in four counties in Pennsylvania, which were chosen because they varied along two dimensions: (a) population size and (b) the use of specialized units for the collection of monetary sanctions. From each county, restitution-eligible cases were sampled from both 1994…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Policy Analysis, Effect Size, Fees