Despite overall low pediatric head injury mortality, disparities exist between races

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1858-1864

  Falcone Jr , Richard A ^a   Martin, Colin ^a   Brown, Rebeccah L ^a   Garcia, Victor F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pediatric traumatic brain injury; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; OHIO; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949133740     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.01.058     Document Type: Article

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