Malpractice risk: Trauma care versus other surgical and medical specialties

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 607-612

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b   Wilson, S LeeAnn ^a   Bailes, Jeannine ^a   Pritchett, Patricia ^a   Rue III, Loring W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Liability; Malpractice; Risk assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549106082     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181653411     Document Type: Article

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