The financial impact of intentional violence on community hospitals

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-4

  Clancy, Thomas V ^a,b,c   Misick, Lofton N ^b   Covington, Deborah ^c   Paige Churchill, M ^c   Gary Maxwell, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New Hanover Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0028015593     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199407000-00001     Document Type: Article

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