Learn more about trauma activation charges, their intended purpose and the variation in trauma activation fee amounts by trauma center and payer type.

A study offers insights into the inequity in trauma activation fees, showing that for-profit hospitals have trauma activation charges that are 60% higher than those at nonprofit hospitals. What’s more, “much of the variation in trauma fees can’t be explained by clinical need, indicating that the current system for financing trauma centers is inequitable for both the patients receiving care and the hospitals themselves, the researchers said.”