Immediate impact of 'penalty points legislation' on acute hospital trauma services

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 912-916

  Lenehan, Brian ^a,b   Street, John ^a   Barry, Kieran ^a   Mullan, George ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health economics; Legislation; Road safety; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNISHMENT; SPINE FRACTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 22044431746     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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