Cervical spine evaluation in urban trauma centers: Lowering institutional costs and complications through helical CT scan

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-165

  Grogan, Eric L ^a,b,e   Morris Jr , John A ^a   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b,c,d   Moore, Derek E ^a   Poulose, Benjamin K ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a   Speroff, Theodore ^a,b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

^c VA Tennessee Valley Hlth Serv R   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e 243 MCS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PARALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 12444340449     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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