A proposed approach in defining population-based rates of major injury from a trauma registry dataset: Delineation of hospital catchment areas (I)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alexandrescu, Roxana ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^b   Lecky, Fiona E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43149125433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-80     Document Type: Article

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