Trauma care at rural Level III trauma centers in a state trauma system

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 498-503

  Helling, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MISSOURI; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846991257     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000197671.00818.76     Document Type: Article

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