Comparison of injury patient information from hospitals with records in both the National Trauma Data Bank and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 768-779

  Phillips, Bart ^a,f   Clark, David E ^b   Nathens, Avery B ^c,d   Shiloach, Mira ^a   Freel, Andrew C ^a,e  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Clinical database; Fatality rates; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40549143683     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181620152     Document Type: Article

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