Impact of statistical approaches for handling missing data on trauma center quality

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Glance, Laurent G ^a,f   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Meredith, Wayne ^d   Dick, Andrew W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 58749105518     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818e544b     Document Type: Article

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