Impact of a dedicated trauma service on the quality and cost of care provided to injured patients at an urban teaching hospital

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1114-1119

  Cohen, Max M ^a,c   Fath, John A ^a,b   Chung, Ray S K ^a,b   Ammon, Adelaide A ^a   Matthews, Judith ^a  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Injury severity; Mortality; Predicted survival; Trauma service

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032997483     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199906000-00028     Document Type: Article

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