A county hospital surgical practice: a model for acute care surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-764

  Garland, Adella M ^a   Riskin, Daniel J ^b   Brundage, Susan I ^b   Moritz, Friedrich ^a   Spain, David A ^b   Purtill, Mary Anne ^b   Sherck, John P ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Care; County; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REGISTRIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36048981499     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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