Racial disparities in acute outcomes of life-threatening injury

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-246

  NeSmith, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Health disparities; Injury; Outcome evaluation; Race; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747401970     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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