The cost of trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 766-770

  Lanzarotti, Stephen ^a   Cook, Craig S ^a   Porter, John M ^a   Judkins, Daniel G ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 1542436655     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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