Time to death of hospitalized injured patients as a measure of quality of care

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Olson, Christine J ^a   Brand, Dawn ^a   Mullins, Richard J ^a   Harrahill, Maureen ^b   Trunkey, Donald D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; National Death Index; Survival analysis; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; AGE; CALCULATION; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD; TRAUMATOLOGY; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042205498     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000071291.17287.57     Document Type: Article

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