Motor vehicle crashes in New York State: Importance of accounting for emergency department deaths when assessing differences in In-hospital mortality by level of care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1117-1124

  Hannan, Edward L ^a   Farrell, Louise Szypulski ^a   Mottley, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Level of care; Motor vehicle crashes; Trauma; Trauma mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034955979     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200106000-00023     Document Type: Article

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