The influence of medical care on the death rate from trauma in England and South Moravia

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 304-309

  Yates, David W ^a,c   Svoboda, Petr ^b   Kantorova, Ilona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care organization; Transportation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036818589     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-002-1123-1     Document Type: Article

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