The value of trauma registries

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 686-695

  Moore, Lynne ^a   Clark, David E ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Health care evaluation; Trauma registry; Trauma research

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMA REGISTRY; VICTIM;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44649119179     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.02.023     Document Type: Review

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