Judging Trauma Center Quality: Does It Depend on the Choice of Outcomes?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Glance, Laurent G ^a,c   Dick, Andrew ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Functional outcome; Outcomes; Prediction model; Trauma center quality; TRISS

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0842321826     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000047808.77902.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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