Long-term survival of medicare patients with head injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 419-423

  Donohue, Joseph T ^a   Clark, David E ^a   Delorenzo, Michael A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Survival; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846997540     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000219286.88179.18     Document Type: Article

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