Are there racial disparities in trauma care?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Millham, Frederick ^a   Jain, Nitin B ^b  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRIVER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149293565     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9745-z     Document Type: Article

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