Admission patterns of an urban level I trauma center

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Ovadia, Philip ^b   Szewczyk, Damian ^b   Walker, Kathy ^b   Abdullah, Fizan ^b   Schmidt Gillespie, Susan ^b   Rabinovici, Reuven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Admissions; Trauma; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0033631874     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060001500103     Document Type: Article

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