Improved emergency department efficiency with a three-tier trauma triage system

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 449-453

  Kaplan, Lewis J ^a   Santora, Thomas A ^a   Blank Reid, Cynthia A ^a   Trooskin, Stanley Z ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHILADELPHIA; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 0031437322     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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