Changes in trauma service workload since the introduction of the penalty points system

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-54

  Donnelly, Michael ^a,c   Murray, P ^a   Cleary, S ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 18944370590     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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