Impact of a voluntary trauma system on mortality, length of stay, and cost at a Level I trauma center

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-192

  Abernathy III, James H ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b   Acker III, Joe E ^c   Rue III, Loring W ^a,b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Birmingham Regional Emergency Medical Services System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036484308     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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