Beyond the major trauma outcome study: Benchmarking performance using a national contemporary, population-based trauma registry

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 725-727

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Osler, Turner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034763766     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200110000-00017     Document Type: Article

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