The trauma registry as a statewide quality improvement tool

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1469-1476

  Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,f   Gabbe, Belinda J ^a   McNeil, John J ^a   Finch, Caroline F ^c   Smith, Karen L ^d   Cooper, D James ^a,b   Judson, Rodney ^e   Kossmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Metropolitan Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit filter; Epidemiology; Quality control; Trauma registry; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STANDARDIZATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646196394     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000198350.15936.a1     Document Type: Article

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