A twelve-year analysis of disease and provider complications on an organized level i trauma service: As good as it gets?

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-37

  Hoyt, David B ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a   Potenza, Bruce ^a   Doucet, Jay ^a   Fortlage, Dale ^a   Holingsworth Fridlund, Peg ^a   Holbrook, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Errors in diagnosis; Missed injuries; Quality assessment; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037240840     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200301000-00004     Document Type: Article

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