Does size matter? The relationship between volume and outcome in the care of major trauma

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-105

  Freeman, Jenny ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a   Turner, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645789823     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906776318857     Document Type: Article

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