From the Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (L.M.K., K.S.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Department of Surgery (J.W.S.), Division of Trauma, Burn, and Critical Care Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Surgery (P.D.), Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (P.M.), Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Section of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (K.A.D.), Division of General Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; and Department of Surgery (R.S.M.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Submitted: November 30, 2023, Revised: February 7, 2024, Accepted: February 27, 2024, Published online: March 13, 2024.

This work has not been presented at a national or regional meeting; however, it was written on behalf of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Healthcare Economics Committee. Dr. Knowlton is a fellow of the AAST.

Address for correspondence: Lisa Marie Knowlton, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCSC, Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr, H3634, Stanford, CA 94305; email: [email protected].