Use of a state-wide administrative database in assessing a regional trauma system: The New York city experience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-518

  Reilly, James J ^a,b   Chin, Bridget ^b   Berkowitz, Jon ^b   Weedon, Jeremy ^b   Avitable, Matthew ^b  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; DATABASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1842453174     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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