Analysis of injury- and violence-related fatalities in the ohio medicaid population: Identifying opportunities for prevention

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 989-995

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a   Beaird, Heather ^a   Duldner, John E ^a   Diaz, Mireya ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Disparities; Fatalities; Injury; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LUNG BURN; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENESCENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247272518     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000210359.98816.45     Document Type: Article

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