Trauma case management: Improving patient outcomes

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 626-632

  Curtis, Kate ^a   Zou, Yi ^a   Morris, Richard ^a   Black, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case management; Communication; Complications; Trauma case management; Trauma nurse; Trauma patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744921348     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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