Treatment of head injuries in the public sector in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 790-793

  Benatar, S R ^a   Fleischer, T E ^a   Peter, J C ^a   Pope, A ^a   Taylor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033804450     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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