Trauma system impact on admission site: A comparison of two states

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 631-637

  Mann, N Clay ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Sandoval, Ronald ^b   Worrall, William ^b   Zechnich, Andrew D ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   Mullins, Richard J ^b  

^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

Health care delivery; Hospital admission; Policy; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032890948     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199904000-00012     Document Type: Article

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