Are the ACSCOT filters associated with outcome? Examining morbidity and mortality in a European setting

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1001-1006

  Di Bartolomeo, Stefano ^a   Valent, Francesca ^b   Sanson, Gianfranco ^c   Nardi, Giuseppe ^d   Gambale, Giorgio ^e   Barbone, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Unità di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Quality indicators (health care); Registries; Trauma centres; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 48849115078     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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