Comparison of the effectiveness of trauma services provided by secondary and tertiary hospitals in Malaysia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sethi, Dinesh ^a   Aljunid, Syed ^b   Saperi, Sulong B ^b   Clemens, Felicity ^a   Hardy, Pollyanna ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^a   Zwi, Anthony B ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845748617     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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