Quality assessment of the management of road traffic fatalities at a level I trauma center compared with other hospitals in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 772-779

  Cooper, D James ^a,c   McDermott, Frank T ^a   Cordner, Stephen M ^a,b   Tremayne, Ann B ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Evaluation studies; Fatalities; Traffic; Trauma Center; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031755372     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199810000-00027     Document Type: Article

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