Injury prevention priority score: A new method for trauma centers to prioritize injury prevention initiatives

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 906-913

  Haider, Adil H ^a,d   Risucci, Donald A ^a   Omer, Saad Bin ^b   Sullivan, Thomas ^a   DiRusso, Stephen M ^a   Savino, John A ^a   Paidas, Charles N ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; American College of Surgeons; Injury Prevention Priority Score; Injury Severity Score; IPPS; ISS; JHCC; Johns Hopkins Children Center; motor vehicle crash; MVC; Westchester Medical Center; WMC

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2942521061     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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