Quality of multiple trauma care in 33 german and swiss trauma centers during a 5-year period: Regular versus on-call service

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 973-978

  Guenther, Stephan ^a   Waydhas, Christian ^b   Ose, Claudia ^b   Nast Kolb, Dieter ^a   Bardenheuer, M ^c   Bouillon, B ^c   Eich, S ^c   Kabus, K ^c   Kanz, K G ^c   Lackner, C K ^c   Lefering, R ^c   Lewan, U ^c   Mutschler, W ^c   Nast Kolb, D ^c   Neugebauer, E ^c   Oestern, H J ^c   Paffrath, T ^c   Pape, H C ^c   Pirente, N ^c   Raum, M ^c   Regel, G ^c   Rieger, G ^c   Rixen, D ^c   Ruchholtz, S ^c   Schaefer, B ^c   Schlosser, L ^c   Stalp, M ^c   Stumpf, B ^c   Schweiberer, L ^c   Waydhas, C ^c   Wiedemann, E ^c   Zintl, B ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Outcome and process assessment; Patient admission; Quality assurance; Time; Trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GERMANY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038205738     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000038543.58142.28     Document Type: Article

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