Rural trauma: Is trauma designation associated with better hospital outcomes?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-268

  Bowman, Stephen M ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b   Sharar, Sam R ^b   Baker, Margaret W ^b   Martin, Diane P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 47249131322     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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