Health care crisis: From a trauma center perspective: The LA story

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 940-944

  Cornwell III, Edward E ^a,b   Berne, Thomas V ^a   Belzberg, Howard ^a   Asensio, Juan ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Murray, James ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029796649     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.12.940     Document Type: Review

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