214 Traumatic Injuries at an Emergency Department in Central Haiti

The Economic and Social Burden of Traumatic Injuries: Evidence from a Trauma Hospital in Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti

“…Little is known about the epidemiology of traumatic injuries and the burden imposed on the health system and on society. The trauma literature base is small, but recent work on the epidemiology of traumatic injuries has confirmed a high burden of traumatic injuries across the country and a trauma system lacking structure and resources [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. This article aims to describe the economic burden of disease related to traumatic injury of patients evaluated at an urban trauma center.…”