Preferential benefit of implementation of a statewide trauma system in one of two adjacent states

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-617

  Mullins, Richard J ^a,b   Mann, N Clay ^b   Hedges, Jerris R ^b   Worrall, William ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Injury rates; Mortality; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031898637     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199804000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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