Proportion of Seriously Injured Patients Admitted to Hospitals in the US with a High Annual Injured Patient Volume: A Metric of Regionalized Trauma Care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Diggs, Brian S ^a   Mullins, Richard J ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Arthur, Melanie ^b   Newgard, Craig D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38349175056     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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