Defining excess resource utilization and identifying associated factors for trauma victims

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-478

  O'Keefe, Grant E ^a,c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Maier, Ronald V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033003361     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199903000-00023     Document Type: Article

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