Prior studies comparing outcomes from trauma care at children's hospitals versus adult hospitals

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Ochoa, Christian ^a   Chokshi, Nikunj ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37349121807     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815acc0f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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